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The Vyborg City Court sentenced 61-year-old Oleg Mamporia to one year in a penal settlement, but released him from the courtroom due to time already served.

The criminal prosecution was triggered by a comment in a chat of the Telegram channel “Vremya Sharikovykh.” According to law enforcement, Mamporia wrote: “Glory to Ukraine.” Officials attributed this slogan to the “Freedom of Russia” Legion, which has been designated a terrorist organisation by the authorities. Mamporia was prosecuted under the article for repeated demonstration of banned insignia or symbols (Part 1, Article 282.4 of the Criminal Code).

Mamporia was detained and placed under house arrest in April 2025. In January, Mamporia was transferred from house arrest to pretrial detention, and has been held at Vyborg’s pretrial detention centre No. 3. The court made this decision based on a report from the criminal executive inspectorate, which stated that he had posted comments online in violation of house arrest conditions.

  • In 2024, Mamporia was arrested for 10 days under administrative charges for displaying banned symbols (Part 1, Article 20.3 of the Administrative Code). That time, the charges stemmed from a VKontakte post with the same slogan, in which he wrote about his Ukrainian roots and shared impressions from trips to Kyiv and Odesa.
  • In addition, he was fined under the article for discrediting the army (Part 1, Article 20.3.3 of the Administrative Code) because of comments made during an argument with a neighbour’s son-in-law who fought in Ukraine. Mamporia tore the letter Z off the man’s car and accused Russian troops of killing civilians. Afterwards, the participant in the war in Ukraine filed a report on Mamporia.