Filipp Medvedev

A resident of Moscow, a blogger. Also known as Oliver Herzen. Medvedev has been sent to a detention center for 15 days three times in administrative cases on the demonstration of Nazi symbols (Part 1, Article 20.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences). The first arrest was ordered because of his VKontakte avatar with the flag of Vlasov's Russian Liberation Army. The second time he was arrested because of a tweet with a photo of Ku Klux Klan members, which he posted to the news about a girl being robbed in South Africa. Another arrest was related to a post about fighting Zionism. In November 2022, Medvedev was convicted under the article on intentional damage to property (Part 1, Article 167 of the Criminal Code) because he damaged a car with the letter Z pasted on it. Medvedev unsuccessfully tried to leave Russia twice. In March 2023, it became known that Medvedev was taken into custody. He was accused of publicly justifying terrorism because of an audio message in a Telegram channel calling to "bomb the FSB building with Iskanders". According to the blogger, with his post he expressed emotional assessment "in relation to the militaristic policy." On August 15, 2023, Medvedev was sentenced to four years and two months in general regime colony. On November 15, the appeal court reduced the sentence by three months.

In April 2023, [it became known] (https://tffvoufz---mekodxpr-bsccljbcrq-ez.a.run.app/express-news/2023/04/05/protiv-zhitelya-moskvy-arestovannogo-po-state-o-prizyvah-k-terrorizmu) that a case was also brought against Medvedev for calling for a rally in support of Alexei Navalny on January 23, 2021. Later it turned out that the case was most likely brought under the article on calls for mass disorder. The case was soon dismissed, as it was initiated beyond the statute of limitations for the relevant acts.