Anti-war criminal cases

Criminal repression for anti-war stance in Russia

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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: 313
Discrediting the armed forces, government agencies, or mercenaries
Article 280.3
Total: 188
Public incitement to terrorism or justification of terrorism
Article 205.2
Total: 174
Vandalism
Article 214
Total: 98
Public appeals for the performance of extremist activity
Article 280
Total: 61
Act of terrorism
Article 205
Total: 50
Rehabilitation of nazism
Article 354.1
Total: 44
Part 2
Total: 3

The public denial of facts established by the judgment of the International Military Tribunal for the trial and punishment of major war criminals of European countries of the Axis; the public approval of crimes established by the abovementioned judgment; as well as public dissemination of knowingly false information on the activities of the USSR during the Second World War and the veterans of the Great Patriotic War:

a. committed by a person using their official position; b. committed by a group of persons in a preliminary conspiracy or by an organized group; c. committed with the use of mass media or telecommunication networks, including the Internet; d. attended by fabricating evidence for the prosecution.

Punishment: A fine in the amount of 3,000,000 to 5,000,000 rubles or in the amount equivalent to the convicted person's income for a period from 1 to 5 years; Compulsory labour at a state-run work site for up to 5 years with deprivation of the right to occupy certain positions or engage in certain activities for up to 5 years; Imprisonment for up to 5 years with deprivation of the right to occupy certain positions or engage in certain activities for up to 5 years.

Igor Orlovsky

54 y.o., Krasnoyarsk Krai

In corrective colony

MB

Mikhail Belousov

38 y.o., Saint Petersburg

Under investigation (location unknown)

Mikhail Zharikov

39 y.o., Nizhny Novgorod Oblast

In corrective colony

Part 3
Total: 5
Part 4
Total: 36
Public calls for activities against state security
Article 280.4
Total: 37
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
Wilful destruction or damage of property
Article 167
Total: 25
Incitement of hatred or enmity, as well as abasement of human dignity
Article 282
Total: 23
High treason
Article 275
Total: 15
Hooliganism
Article 213
Total: 14
Illegal trafficking of explosives
Article 222.1
Total: 14
Mass riots
Article 212
Total: 11
Organisation of an association infringing upon the liberties and rights of individuals
Article 239
Total: 11
Outrages upon the national emblem or the state flag
Article 329
Total: 11
Unauthorized abandonment of a military unit or a place of military service
Article 337
Total: 11
Sabotage
Article 281
Total: 9
Failure to execute an order
Article 332
Total: 9
Organisation of an illegal armed formation, or participation in it
Article 208
Total: 8
Illegal drug trafficking
Article 228
Total: 8
Contributing to terrorist activities
Article 205.1
Total: 8
Intentional infliction of light injury
Article 115
Total: 6
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
Undergoing training for the purpose of exercising terrorist activity
Article 205.3
Total: 6
Swindling
Article 159
Total: 5
Illegal sale of firearms or ammunition
Article 222
Total: 5
Defamation
Article 128.1
Total: 5
Confidential cooperation with foreigners
Article 275.1
Total: 5
Organising the activity of an extremist community
Article 282.2
Total: 5
Repeated propaganda or public display of extremist or Nazi symbols
Article 282.4
Total: 5
Organising the activities of a terrorist organisation and participation in the activties of such organisation
Article 205.5
Total: 4
Article 226
Total: 3
Outrages upon bodies of the deceased and their burial places
Article 244
Total: 3
Contempt of court
Article 297
Total: 3
Desertion
Article 338
Total: 3
Illegal manufacturing of explosives
Article 223.1
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
Threats or forcible actions in connection with the administration of justice or preliminary investigation
Article 296
Total: 2
Illegal crossing of the state border
Article 322
Total: 2
Evasion of military or alternative civil service
Article 328
Total: 2
Organising a terrorist association and participating in it
Article 205.4
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
Battery
Article 116
Total: 1
Article 135
Total: 1
Theft
Article 158
Total: 1
Extortion
Article 163
Total: 1
Illegal making and distribution of pornographic materials or objects
Article 242
Total: 1
Disclosure of state secrets
Article 283
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
Repeated violation of the order of organizing or conducting public events
Article 212.1
Total: 1
Illegal drug trade
Article 228.1
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