Dmitrii Bogmut
Dmitrii Bogmut, born 1975, Saint Petersburg. Charges: Article 207.3 part 2 item d, Russian Criminal Code (Dissemination of false information about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, government…); “Dmitrii Bogmut's case of "fakes" about the Russian Armed Forces”. Sentenced on January 30, 2026. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since April 4, 2024; place of detention: Penal colony No. 5, Saint Petersburg and Leningrad Oblast. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, April 10, 2024.
In brief
Saint Petersburg · Saint Petersburg · Scientists · Anti-war cases
Sentence
7 years
Ban on activity, Imprisonment (general regime)
Upheld April 22, 2026
Charges
- Article 207.3 part 2 item d, Russian Criminal Code — Dissemination of false information about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, government agencies, or mercenaries (based on political, ideological, racial, national or religious hatred or enmity, or on grounds of hatred or enmity in relation to any social group)
Full wording of the charges
According to the investigation, between 23 March and 21 June 2023, while in the building of an institute, he posted texts, videos and images on a certain website containing deliberately false information about the actions of the Russian army. Among other things, there was a Deutsche Welle video entitled "Attack on Pavlograd, how Putin is preparing for a defensive war and undermining the combat capability of the Russian army". SOTAvision, citing the indictment announced in court, reported that Bogmut had written more than a hundred comments. These included: "Look what your Russians are doing in Ukraine: wiping out cities, bombing civilians," "How many thousands of lives has Putin already put down in Ukraine? How many more will he lay down?", "Zelenskii will have a difficult task, he is the leader of a warring state, the whole nation is behind him" and "Russians love murderers and rapists". Bogmut himself said he left these comments in a private discussion on the ixbt com forum in the thread "What has Putin done in 24 years for the people?". According to the man, the postings could only be seen by 12 users due to site restrictions.
Latest event
April 22, 2026 — appeal
The court upheld the verdict.
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, April 10, 2024
Timeline
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 7 years
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
· Persecution begins
Dmitrii Bogmut's case of "fakes" about the Russian Armed Forces
· Preventive measure: placement in a temporary detention facility
Criminal case
Dmitrii Bogmut's case of "fakes" about the Russian Armed Forces
- Case number
- 1-638/2024
Thematic group: Anti-war case
Write a letter
Facility: Penal colony No. 5, Saint Petersburg and Leningrad Oblast
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
196641, Санкт-Петербург,поселок Металлострой, Северный проезд, 1, ФКУ «ИК № 5 УФСИН России по Санкт-Петербургу и Ленинградской области», Богмут Дмитрий Игоревич, 1975 г.р.
Details and sources
Full summary
Technician of the neutron physicochemical research laboratory of the Kurchatov Institute in Gatchina. On 5 April 2024, he was taken into custody in a case of spreading deliberately false information about the Russian Armed Forces due to dozens of comments and publications about the war, including a Deutsche Welle video titled "Attack on Pavlograd, how Putin is preparing for a defensive war and undermining the combat capability of the Russian Army". He later said that he had been forced to kneel for two hours during a search in his work office and was not allowed to wear outdoor trousers before a meeting to elect a preventive measure. On 22 November 2024, it became known that Bogmut was not receiving medical care in the pre-trial detention centre.
On 30 January 2026, the court sentenced him to seven years in a general regime colony.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
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