Media: Rostov anarchist Roman Shvedov, sentenced to 16 years in prison, committed suicide in a pre-trial detention center

A resident of Rostov-on-Don, anarchist Roman Shvedov, sentenced on December 19 to 16 years in prison, was found dead in solitary confinement in pre-trial detention center No. 1 in Rostov-on-Don, the RusNews telegram channel reports. SHOT publication trial, Shvedov hanged himself with sheets.

Shvedov received such a harsh sentence because, as the investigation alleged, he threw a Molotov cocktail at the administration of the Zimnikovsky district of Rostov-on-Don, “expressing disagreement with the conduct of the SVO.” At first he was accused under the article of hooliganism, but then it was tightened up to committing a terrorist attack. Shvedov had to spend 4 years in prison and another 12 in a maximum security colony.

At the trial, witnesses to the incident said that the actions of the accused did not have serious consequences and did not affect the work of the administration of the Zimnikovsky district of Rostov-on-Don.