Medvedev Filipp Igorevich

In Moscow on March 1, 2023, activist, member of the Libertarian Party of Russia, Filipp Medvedev was detained. A criminal case was opened against him for justifying terrorism due to a post in a Telegram channel addressed to 37 people with a "call for destructive and violent actions." "According to the investigation, on April 14, 2022, shortly after the cruiser "Moskva" was sunk during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Medvedev published an emotional audio message in his Telegram channel, in which he suggested striking "directly at the FSB headquarters in Moscow" so that an "apart-hotel Rossiya" could be built in its place. Apparently, the audio was a parody of the popular YouTube blogger Kamikadze Di. At the interrogation, Medvedev stated that his post was related to the desire to express an emotional assessment "in connection with the militaristic policy" and was not a call to action. Medvedev was sent to a pre-trial detention center, and soon after, another case was opened against him under the same article. This time, the reason for the accusations of calls for terrorism was an even earlier post, written before the action in support of Alexei Navalny on January 23, 2021: 'The Russian Glorious Revolution began the day before yesterday from Vnukovo, and now it is up to us, exactly us, to LIGHT THE FIRES FROM ITS MATCHES.'" "On August 15, 2023, the 2nd Western Military District Court found Philip Medvedev guilty and sentenced him to four years and two months in a general regime colony. On November 15, the Appellate Military Court reduced the sentence by 3 months and approved 3 years and 11 months in a general regime colony."