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Mayer Vladislav Igorevich

Date of birth: December 4, 1998 (27 years old)
City of residence: Saint Petersburg
Article of the Criminal Code:  275 ; 205.2 ч. 2
Form of repression:  deprivation of liberty
Pursuit stage:  currently serving a sentence
Sentence:  14 лет лишения свободы в колонии строгого режима, 1 год ограничения свободы
Date of sentencing:  November 14, 2025
Current location:  Penal Colony No. 17, Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia for Murmansk Oblast
Hobbies: Изучение языков, чтение книг, спорт.

Mayer Vladislav Igorevich, born on December 4, 1998, is a Russian citizen and a resident of St. Petersburg. He has a vocational secondary education and worked as a courier for Yandex.Eda.

On November 14, 2025, he was convicted under Article 275 of the Russian Criminal Code ('High treason — espionage and providing financial assistance to a foreign state in activities directed against the security of the Russian Federation') and Part 2 of Article 205.2 of the Russian Criminal Code ('Public justification of terrorism committed using the Internet') and sentenced to 14 years of imprisonment in a high-security correctional colony, with one year of restricted freedom. He has been deprived of liberty since April 1, 2025.

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