Personal Information
- Birth date
- 24 июн. 1983 г. (42 years old)
Alfimtsev Roman Vladimirovich
Case Information
- Region of case initiation:
- Republic of Buryatia
- Charges:
- Art. 205.5 CC RF Part 2
- Sentence:
- 5 years general regime
- Estimated release date:
- 18 дек. 2028 г.
- Case categories:
- Freedom of speech, Justification of terrorism
- Rosfinmonitoring status:
- Added 20 июн. 2023 г.
Case Description
In Yoshkar-Ola, a criminal case was opened against local resident Roman Alfimtsev. The date of his detention is unknown. He was accused of publicly justifying terrorism. According to the investigation, on September 7, 2022, Alfimtsev published comments on the social network VKontakte in which he spoke positively about the activities of Shamil Basayev, considering him not a terrorist, but a "freedom fighter. There is no information about the measure of restraint. On December 20, 2023, the Central Military District Court found Roman Alfimtsev guilty and sentenced him to 5 years in a general regime colony. He was also banned for 2 years from engaging in activities related to administering websites and channels on the Internet." "March 25, 2024, the Appellate Military Court left the verdict unchanged."
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