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Pilov Ivan Nikolayevich

Date of birth: September 9, 1995 (30 years old)
citizenship: Россия
City of residence: Saint Petersburg
Occupation: охрана
Article of the Criminal Code:  280 ч. 2 ; 205.2 ч. 2
Form of repression:  pre-trial detention
Pursuit stage:  verdict delivered – appeal pending
Date of arrest:  January 1, 1
Sentence:  6 лет лишения свободы в колонии общего режима
Date of sentencing:  February 3, 2026
Current location:  unknown
Lists of persecuted:  General list

St. Petersburg resident Ivan Pilov, who worked as a security chief at a restaurant chain, was charged with three online publications posted between 2021 and 2023. Investigators deemed his comments and social media posts as calls for extremism and justification of terrorism. After his arrest in September 2025, Pilov was placed under house arrest. On February 3, 2026, the court sentenced him to 6 years in a general regime penal colony and remanded him in custody in the courtroom.