Roman Tyurin
Roman Tyurin, born 1969, Omsk Oblast. Charges: Article 280.4 part 2 item v, Russian Criminal Code; Article 282.4 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Repeated propaganda or public display of Nazi or extremist symbols); “The case of Roman Tyurin on incitement to undermine the security of the Russian Federation, and and repeated display of banned symbols”. Sentence (November 18, 2024): 6 years and 6 months’ imprisonment in a general-regime penal colony, taking into account sentences imposed under…; previously convicted under Article 280.3 part 1, Russian Criminal Code; Article 207.3 part 2 item d, Russian Criminal Code. Status: deceased. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, July 15, 2024.
In brief
Omsk Oblast · NULL · Anti-war cases
Sentence
6 years 6 months
6 years and 6 months’ imprisonment in a general-regime penal colony, taking into account sentences imposed under previous convictions, with a ban on administering internet websites for a period of 1 year.
No information about an appeal ruling.
Other verdicts
- October 3, 2024 — 1 year of deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony with an additional punishment in the form of deprivation of the right to engage in activities related to the public posting of appeals and other materials in public information and telecommunications networks, including the Internet for a period of 1 year.nnIn aggregate with the previous sentence, 6 years and 3 months' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony, with an additional sentence of 4 years and 6 months' deprivation of the right to engage in activities related to the public posting of communications and other materials on public information and telecommunications networks, including the Internet.
- May 27, 2024 — 6 years in a general regime colony, a 4-year ban on posting publications on the Internet.
Charges
- Article 280.3 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Discrediting the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, government agencies, or mercenaries
- Article 280.4 part 2 item v, Russian Criminal Code
- Article 282.4 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Repeated propaganda or public display of Nazi or extremist symbols
- Article 207.3 part 2 item d, Russian Criminal Code — Dissemination of false information about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, government agencies, or mercenaries (based on political, ideological, racial, national or religious hatred or enmity, or on grounds of hatred or enmity in relation to any social group)
Full wording of the charges
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Latest event
November 18, 2024 — first-instance verdict
The court delivered a guilty verdict: 6 years 6 months.
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, July 15, 2024
Timeline
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 6 years 6 months
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 1 year
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
· Preventive measure: temporary stay in hospital
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 6 years
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Persecution begins
Roman Tyurin's case of "fakes" about the Russian Armed Forces
Criminal case
The case of Roman Tyurin on incitement to undermine the security of the Russian Federation, and and repeated display of banned symbols
- Case number
- 1-76/2024
Roman Tyurin's case of discrediting the Russian Armed Forces
- Case number
- 1-52/2024
Thematic group: Anti-war case
Roman Tyurin's case of "fakes" about the Russian Armed Forces
- Case number
- 1-23/2024
Thematic group: Anti-war case
Details and sources
Full summary
A resident of Omsk Region. A criminal case was initiated against him on charges of disseminating knowingly false information about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. On May 27, 2024, Tyurin was sentenced to 6 years’ imprisonment in a general-regime penal colony. On February 20, 2024, Tyurin was added to the Rosfinmonitoring List of Terrorists and Extremists with a designation applied to persons prosecuted under terrorism-related articles. It later became known that a criminal case had also been initiated against him on charges of the public justification of terrorism. In the same month, he was sentenced to 4 years’ imprisonment in a general-regime penal colony. In addition, a criminal case was initiated against Tyurin on charges of discrediting the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. On October 3, 2024, he was sentenced in this case to 1 year’s imprisonment in a general-regime penal colony. Furthermore, Tyurin was charged with calls for activities directed against the security of the Russian Federation and with repeated demonstration of prohibited symbols; the details are unknown. On November 18, 2024, he was sentenced in this case, with the aggregate sentence, taking into account the three previous convictions, amounting to 6 years 6 months’ imprisonment in a general-regime penal colony. On February 17, 2025, Tyurin died in custody.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
- Persecution episodes
- 3
Other people prosecuted under Article 207.3 part 2 item d, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.