A 61-year-old resident of Vyborg, a town near the Finnish border, faces a requested sentence of three years in prison over a comment saying “Glory to Ukraine.”

Oleg Mamporia, aged 61, who is accused of repeated display of banned insignia or symbols (part 1, article 282.4 of the Russian Criminal Code), faces a requested sentence of three years in prison. This was reported by his OVD-Info lawyer, Igor Skachko.

In January, Mamporia was transferred from house arrest to pre-trial detention and is now being held at SIZO-3 in Vyborg, a town near the Finnish border. The court made this decision based on a report from the penal inspectorate, which claimed that he had posted comments online, despite house arrest conditions prohibiting this.

Mamproria was detained and placed under house arrest in April. His case has been in court since September.

The reason for the criminal proceedings was a comment left in the chat of the Telegram channel “Vremya Sharikovykh.” According to law enforcement, Mamporia wrote “Glory to Ukraine.” The authorities attributed this slogan to the “Freedom of Russia” legion, which they have declared a terrorist organisation.

• In 2024, Mamporia was jailed for 10 days under an administrative article on displaying banned symbols (part 1, article 20.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences). At the time, the charges related to a post on VKontakte with the same slogan. In it, he spoke about his Ukrainian roots and shared his impressions of trips to Kyiv and Odesa.
• He was also fined under the article on “discrediting the army” (part 1, article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences) over comments made during an argument with his neighbour’s son-in-law, who had fought in Ukraine. During the argument, Mamporia tore the letter Z off the man’s car and accused Russian soldiers of killing civilians. The participant in the conflict in Ukraine then filed a report against Mamporia.