Artur Sagiev

A resident of Kazan. On July 31, 2025, he was detained in connection with a case on the justification of terrorism over comments supporting attacks by the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the territory of Russia. The following day, the court placed him under pre-trial detention. In November 2024, he was fined twice under administrative protocols on the discrediting of the army over comments about the war in Ukraine. In one instance, he expressed wishes for the Ukrainian army to improve its weaponry in order to defeat Russia. In another, he expressed satisfaction that the Russian army’s electronic warfare equipment had failed to function. In addition, he was sentenced to 15 days of administrative arrest under the article on incitement of hatred over a comment in which he discussed a drone attack on an oil refinery in Kapotnya.