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Vakhtangi Rogava
Artists, Office workers
1993-09-14
В заключении
Saint Petersburg
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Biography
A resident of St. Petersburg. He studied at the Institute of Film and Television, worked as an extra in films, and later became an advertising professional, working at KudaGo. In March 2025, a criminal case was opened against him for publicly justifying terrorism over a comment in the "WESTERLY" Telegram channel, in which he spoke approvingly of the "Russian Volunteer Corps" (RVC): “What are you all talking about, are you kidding? Those Russians no longer exist; there is only a small number left, among which a small percentage of normal people have miraculously survived, such as the RVC.” On March
A resident of St. Petersburg. He studied at the Institute of Film and Television, worked as an extra in films, and later became an advertising professional, working at KudaGo. In March 2025, a criminal case was opened against him for publicly justifying terrorism over a comment in the "WESTERLY" Telegram channel, in which he spoke approvingly of the "Russian Volunteer Corps" (RVC): “What are you all talking about, are you kidding? Those Russians no longer exist; there is only a small number left, among which a small percentage of normal people have miraculously survived, such as the RVC.” On March 27, he was taken into custody.
On July 23, 2025, the court sentenced him to three and a half years in a general-regime penal colony.
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