Russian anarchist found dead in his cell hours after sentencing

Russian anarchist found dead in his cell hours after sentencing



by Puffin_fan

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  1. **TLDR SUMMARY**

    Roman Shvedov, a Russian anarchist, was sentenced to 16 years in a penal colony for protesting against the war in Ukraine and was found dead in his cell just hours after his sentencing. Russian authorities have reported that he committed suicide, but the circumstances surrounding his death remain unclear. Shvedov was convicted of attacking a government building with a petrol canister in 2022 and was charged under anti-terrorism laws that aim to suppress dissent. His case highlights the increasing use of oppressive measures, including torture, to silence opposition in Russia since the invasion of Ukraine.

  4. The cause of death is metal bars are stronger than glass.

  5. # Roman Shvedov was given sixteen years in prison—authorities claim suicide

    ~ ***Nikita Ivansky*** ~

    On 18 December Rostov military court sentenced anarchist Roman Shvedov to sixteen years of penal colony for attacking an administrative building in protest against the war in Ukraine. Five hours after the sentencing, Shvedov was found dead in his cell by a prison guard. The official explanation of the Russian authorities is suicide. However, it is unclear what actually happened, as there is very little information known so far.

    The Russian state accused Shvedov of throwing a petrol canister into the administration building of Zimovnisky district, Rostov Oblast in September 2022. According to Russian secret police, he did this to “destabilize authority, influence their decisions, and protest against the special military operation and mobilization in Russia”. He was sentenced under terrorist charges, in another attempt to scare those contemplating further resistance to the war. In 2023 Shvedov denied any legal support from Solidarity Zone and it was suggested that “he will rot in prison and there is nothing that can be done to help him.”

    Russian human rights organization OVD Info reports that, as of September 2024, there were at least 1,116 criminal cases against anti-war dissidents. According to a recent UN report “since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, torture has become a State-sanctioned tool of systematic oppression, used to control and to stifle dissent, and attack the foundations of human rights and civic space in Russia”

  6. This is a Russian fighting the regime. What he did was brave and commendable

  7. There was no windows available nearby so this was it.

  8. That’s almost expected in russia. There would have been an investigation if he was found alive.

  9. For those naive people who think, that russians are innocent and only ruled by a bad dictator, remember, that there are 120 million russians and less than a thousand who are arrested. For measure – it’s less than 1 person in New York. Russians do support this war.

  10. Be remembered, brave soul, ignored by his decomposed nation, killed by the rabid regime.

  11. Hard to explain falling out of a window with metal bars in front so suicide it is

  12. lemme guess “sudden death syndrome” as in he just died suddenly from a gunshot to the head

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