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- 01Claimed his VKontakte account was hacked when a comment was used against him.
- 02Included in the Federal Financial Monitoring Service list of extremists and terrorists.
- 03Sentenced to five years in a general regime penal colony.
- 01repeated discrediting of the Armed Forces
- 02incitement to hatred
- 03calls to extremism
- 04calls to terrorism
Documented Legal Violations (2)
- Lack of due process regarding hacked account
- Arbitrary detention
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Political Prisoner Watch. (2026). Case file: Mikhail Romanov (PPW case cmgn4sdh, record version 2026-07-16). Retrieved July 16, 2026, from https://politicalprisonerwatch.org/prisoners/cmgn4sdh90000lisxl712yjvn. Original data from OVD-Info (https://repression.info/ru/persons/mikhail-romanov).
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