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Romaniuk Petro Mykhailovych

Date of birth: July 10, 1987 (39 years old)
City of residence: Suoyarvi
Occupation: транспорт
Article of the Criminal Code:  205 ч. 1
Pursuit stage:  решение суда вступило в силу
Sentence:  15 лет лишения свободы в колонии строгого режима, из них 4 года в тюрьме
Date of sentencing:  March 13, 2025
Current location:  Prison No. 2, Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia for Vladimir Oblast
Lists of persecuted:  General list ; Persecuted for anti-war stance ;

Petro Romaniuk, a native of the village of Strugi in the Khmelnytskyi oblast of Ukraine, resided in the small town of Suoyarvi in ​​Karelia, where he worked as an assistant train driver. Romaniuk was accused of throwing two Molotov cocktails through the window of the local military enlistment office on the night of May 12, 2024. The flames were quickly extinguished, and the incident was not discovered until the following morning. The damage to the building was estimated at 50,000 rubles. The case was initially opened under a charge of property damage motivated by hooliganism, but was later reclassified as an act of terrorism. On March 13, 2025, Romaniuk was sentenced to 15 years in a maximum-security penal colony; he maintains his innocence and denies any involvement in the arson.

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11 Nov, 2026 | 13:38

Petro Romaniuk is a political prisoner