Evgenii Borovik
Evgenii Borovik, born 1982, Sverdlovsk Oblast. Charges: Article 280.3 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Discrediting the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, government agencies, or mercenaries); “Evgenii Borovik's case of discrediting the Armed Forces of Russian Federation”. Status: not in Russia.
In brief
Sverdlovsk Oblast · Yekaterinburg · Politicians · Anti-war cases
Sentence
No information about a verdict.
Charges
- Article 280.3 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Discrediting the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, government agencies, or mercenaries
Full wording of the charges
Allegedly, the grounds for initiating the case were a post in which Borovik described the war as "completely unprovoked, aggressive, and fratricidal." On May 14, 2024, Borovik was fined 45,000 rubles under the administrative article on discrediting the army (Part 1, Article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences).
Latest event
April 1, 2025 — persecution begins
Evgenii Borovik's case of discrediting the Armed Forces of Russian Federation
Timeline
· Persecution begins
Evgenii Borovik's case of discrediting the Armed Forces of Russian Federation
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
Criminal case
Evgenii Borovik's case of discrediting the Armed Forces of Russian Federation
Thematic group: Anti-war case
Details and sources
Full summary
Former deputy of the Ekaterinburg City Duma. State Duma deputy Andrei Alshevskikh requested to prosecute Borovik under the administrative article on discrediting the army (part 1 of article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences), then the prosecutor's office blocked Borovik's VKontakte page, but later the police closed the administrative case due to the expiration of the statute of limitations. However, later the court still fined the former deputy 45 thousand rubles under this article. In 2023, Borovik was denied registration as a self-nominated candidate in the Ekaterinburg City Duma elections, but later the Supreme Court ruled the refusal illegal, after which Alshevskikh started writing denunciations against Borovik, which eventually became the reason for opening a criminal case on public justification of terrorism. What exactly became the formal reason for the case is unknown. In April 2025, it became known that Borovik was also prosecuted for discrediting the Russian Armed Forces. Presumably, the reason was a post dedicated to the initiation of the first criminal case, in which the former deputy, in particular, calls the war "absolutely unmotivated, invasive, fratricidal".
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 280.3 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
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