Anti-war criminal cases

Criminal repression for anti-war stance in Russia

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persecuted for anti-war activism

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people jailed

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Here is information about all the defendants known to us in anti-war criminal cases who are persecuted for their speech. Some people are defendants in several criminal cases. We update the data regularly. If you notice a mistake in the text or want to tell us about someone, write to us at [email protected].

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Dissemination of deliberate false information about the armed forces, government agencies, or mercenaries
Article 207.3
Total: 330
Discrediting the armed forces, government agencies, or mercenaries
Article 280.3
Total: 206
Public incitement to terrorism or justification of terrorism
Article 205.2
Total: 201
Vandalism
Article 214
Total: 101
Public appeals for the performance of extremist activity
Article 280
Total: 66
Act of terrorism
Article 205
Total: 55
Rehabilitation of nazism
Article 354.1
Total: 45
Public calls for activities against state security
Article 280.4
Total: 41
Organising an extremist community
Article 282.1
Total: 34
Knowingly making a false communication about an act of terrorism
Article 207
Total: 30
Use of violence against a representative of the power
Article 318
Total: 27
Incitement of hatred or enmity, as well as abasement of human dignity
Article 282
Total: 26
Wilful destruction or damage of property
Article 167
Total: 23
High treason
Article 275
Total: 20
Part undefined
Total: 15

Treason against the state.

Penalty: up to life imprisonment

AL

Alexander Levadny

30 y.o., Murmansk Oblast

Deprived of liberty (location unknown)

AB

Alexei Baranov

40 y.o., Saint Petersburg

In the pre-trial detention centre

AI

Alexei Ivanov

29 y.o., Vologda Oblast

On the wanted list

DK

Daniel Kliuka

28 y.o., Lipetsk Oblast

In the pre-trial detention centre (sentence has not entered into force)

DK

Dmitry Kulikov

59 y.o., Primorsky Krai

In the pre-trial detention centre (sentence has not entered into force)

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Dmitry Mikheev

23 y.o., Irkutsk Oblast

In the pre-trial detention centre

FE

Felix Eliseev

36 y.o., Lipetsk Oblast

In corrective colony

KK

Ksenia Karelina

Sverdlovsk Oblast

In the pre-trial detention centre (sentence has not entered into force)

Maxim Asriyan

28 y.o., Saint Petersburg

In corrective colony

NS

Nina Slobodchikova

Moscow

In the pre-trial detention centre (waiting for the transfer)

OD

Oleksandr Dimitrenko

32 y.o., Voronezh Oblast

In the pre-trial detention centre

TP

Tamara Parshina

Moscow

Deprived of liberty (location unknown)

TL

Tatiana Laletina

21 y.o., Tomsk Oblast

In the pre-trial detention centre (sentence has not entered into force)

VM

Velimor Merkulov

33 y.o., Sverdlovsk Oblast

In the pre-trial detention centre (waiting for the transfer)

Vladimir Kara-Murza

43 y.o., Moscow

Served his sentence

Part 1 considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code
Total: 3
Part 3 considering Article 30 Part 3 of the Criminal Code
Total: 2
Hooliganism
Article 213
Total: 14
Mass riots
Article 212
Total: 13
Organisation of an association infringing upon the liberties and rights of individuals
Article 239
Total: 13
Outrages upon the national emblem or the state flag
Article 329
Total: 13
Illegal trafficking of explosives
Article 222.1
Total: 13
Unauthorized abandonment of a military unit or a place of military service
Article 337
Total: 11
Sabotage
Article 281
Total: 10
Failure to execute an order
Article 332
Total: 10
Contributing to terrorist activities
Article 205.1
Total: 9
Organisation of an illegal armed formation, or participation in it
Article 208
Total: 8
Illegal drug trafficking
Article 228
Total: 7
Organising the activities of a terrorist organisation and participation in the activties of such organisation
Article 205.5
Total: 7
Confidential cooperation with foreigners
Article 275.1
Total: 7
Organising the activity of an extremist community
Article 282.2
Total: 7
Obstruction of the exercise of the right of liberty of conscience and religious liberty
Article 148
Total: 6
Insult of a representative of power
Article 319
Total: 6
Repeated propaganda or public display of extremist or Nazi symbols
Article 282.4
Total: 6
Intentional infliction of light injury
Article 115
Total: 5
Illegal sale of firearms or ammunition
Article 222
Total: 5
Defamation
Article 128.1
Total: 5
Undergoing training for the purpose of exercising terrorist activity
Article 205.3
Total: 5
Swindling
Article 159
Total: 4
Contempt of court
Article 297
Total: 4
Desertion
Article 338
Total: 4
Illegal manufacturing of explosives
Article 223.1
Total: 4
Article 226
Total: 3
Outrages upon bodies of the deceased and their burial places
Article 244
Total: 3
Organising a terrorist association and participating in it
Article 205.4
Total: 3
Destruction or damage of military burial sites
Article 243.4
Total: 3
Article 352.1
Total: 3
Threat of murder or infliction of grave injury to health
Article 119
Total: 2
Involvement of a minor in the commission of a crime
Article 150
Total: 2
Destruction or damage to objects of cultural heritage
Article 243
Total: 2
Illegal crossing of the state border
Article 322
Total: 2
Evasion of military or alternative civil service
Article 328
Total: 2
Unlawful impact on critical information infrastructure
Article 274.1
Total: 2
Failure to notify of foreign citizenship or permanent residence in a foreign state
Article 330.2
Total: 2
Article 112
Total: 1
Battery
Article 116
Total: 1
Article 135
Total: 1
Theft
Article 158
Total: 1
Extortion
Article 163
Total: 1
Article 223
Total: 1
Illegal making and distribution of pornographic materials or objects
Article 242
Total: 1
Disclosure of state secrets
Article 283
Total: 1
Threats or forcible actions in connection with the administration of justice or preliminary investigation
Article 296
Total: 1
Refusal of a witness or victim to testify
Article 308
Total: 1
Disorganisation of the activities of institutions providing isolation from society
Article 321
Total: 1
Article 325
Total: 1
Illegal trafficking of special technical equipment designed to obtain information covertly
Article 138.1
Total: 1
Default on provision of information about a crime
Article 205.6
Total: 1
Repeated violation of the order of organizing or conducting public events
Article 212.1
Total: 1
Illegal drug trade
Article 228.1
Total: 1
Financial support for the extremist activities
Article 282.3
Total: 1
Organization of the activities of an undesirable organization
Article 284.1
Total: 1
Criminal liability for slander of public officials
Article 298.1
Total: 1