The key facts

  • Nestor Shtormovoy received 20 years: the first five years in prison, the rest of the term in a strict-regime colony
  • According to the FSB, from August 2024 to March 2025 he wrote the script for the film and shot it in various districts of Sevastopol; one other person took part in the filming
  • The verdict was handed down under articles on treason and on organizing the activities of a terrorist organization

Verdict in the film-shooting case

Sevastopol resident Nestor Shtormovoy has been sentenced to 20 years in a strict-regime colony on treason charges. This was reported by the press service of the FSB Directorate for the Republic of Crimea, as relayed by RIA Novosti (the material was published by Gazeta.Ru). According to the agency, he will spend the first five years in prison, with the remainder of the term in a strict-regime colony.

What the court established

The Southern District Military Court established that from August 2024 to March 2025, Shtormovoy wrote the script for an anti-Russian film and shot it on a phone in various districts of Sevastopol. One other person took part in the filming, whose fate is not specified in the report. According to the FSB, the Sevastopol resident was in contact with a representative of the Ukrainian organization

Charges

Shtormovoy was found guilty under Part 2 of Article 205.5 of the Russian Criminal Code ( a native of Lviv was sentenced for aiding Ukraine — according to a report of assistance (document-1), however details of that case are not disclosed in the available materials.