The case of Ilya Romanov will be sent to court at the beginning of the year

On December 24, the Nizhny Novgorod Regional Court extended the preventive measure for anarchist Ilya Romanov, accused of preparing a terrorist attack. His lawyer, Yevgeny Gubin, told OVD-Info that Romanov would be in the pre-trial detention center until at least February 2015, and they plan to transfer his case to court early next year.

On October 26, 2013, in Nizhny Novgorod, as a result of an explosion that occurred late at night, 46-year-old Ilya Romanov severely injured his left hand and burned his face, he was taken to the hospital, where doctors amputated his hand. Romanov was interrogated as a suspect and testified that a firecracker had exploded in his hands. The investigators insisted on placing Romanov in a pre-trial detention center. In December 2013, Romanov was charged with a new charge: in addition to the original article 222 of the Criminal Code (storage of explosives), he was charged with article 205 through art. 30 of the Criminal Code (attempt of a terrorist act).

the terrorist motive for Romanov's actions The investigation proves with two files allegedly found on his computer. The first file contains a misspelled insult to representatives of local authorities (Romanov is a publicist who has been publishing in leftist magazines since the 1980s), and the second is an issue of the neo-Nazi publication Aryan Terror. Journal of Practical Training for White Terrorists. Romanov insists that both files are recorded on his computer by law enforcement officers.