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Sergei Buivol

ImprisonedChecked October 18, 2026

Sergei Buivol, born 1961, Tula Oblast. Charges: Article 280.3 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Discrediting the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, government agencies, or mercenaries); “Case of Sergey Buivol on repeated discrediting of the RF Armed Forces and use of violence against a representative of the authorities”. Sentence (July 12, 2023): 3 years 6 months' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since April 18, 2023; place of detention: Penal colony No. 2, Tula Oblast.

In brief

Tula Oblast · Novomoskovsk · Pensioners · Anti-war cases

Sentence

3 years 6 months

imprisonment in a general regime penal colony

Verdict July 12, 2023

Upheld April 18, 2024

Charges

Full wording of the charges

According to the investigation, "on 16 July 2022, on his page on the social network "Odnoklassniki" he published an entry in the group "Emergency Novomoskovsk" with the news about bringing him to administrative responsibility for discrediting the Russian Armed Forces. There he also made a comment to this entry, in which he wrote about his negative attitude to police officers and about the President of the Russian Federation as the initiator of the special military operation in Ukraine. On 9 August 2022, on his page on the social network Odnoklassniki, he published an entry about his negative attitude to the actions of the Russian Federation in Ukraine. On 26 September 2022, on the social network Odnoklassniki, he published a news entry on his page that a resident of the town of Ust-Ilimsk came to the local military enlistment office and shot the military officer. Under the record, he made a comment in which he positively assessed the actions of the person, in the same comment he expressed his negative assessment of the special military operation, mobilisation, and service in the ranks of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, and the actions of the President of the Russian Federation in a rude manner. On 4 October 2022, on his page on the social network "Odnoklassniki", he published an entry in which he indicated that he was against the war in Ukraine, and in a rude manner gave an assessment of the actions of police officers and the personality of the President of the Russian Federation. On 10 October 2022, on his page on the social network "Odnoklassniki", he published an entry on his negative attitude towards police officers, called for the use of violence against police officers, and rudely assessed the actions of the President of the Russian Federation. On 9 January 2023, on his page on the social network "Odnoklassniki" he published an entry in which he rudely assessed the actions of the Russian Federation and persons involved in the special military operation in Ukraine". Additionally, when a search was conducted at Buyvol's residence on March 30, 2023, he offered armed resistance, threatened with a knife, doused himself and law enforcement officers with an incendiary mixture, and attempted to set it on fire. In connection with this, a case of violence against representatives of the authorities was also opened against him. In May 2022, he was fined 30 thousand rubles under the administrative article on discrediting the Russian army (Article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences). The reason was his posts on "Odnoklassniki".

Latest event

April 18, 2024 — cassation

The court upheld the verdict.

Checked October 18, 2026 · no changes since October 15

Timeline

  1. · Cassation ruling

    upheld

  2. · First-instance verdict

    guilty verdict · 3 years 6 months

  3. · Preventive measure: pre-trial detention

  4. · Persecution begins

    Case of Sergey Buivol on repeated discrediting of the RF Armed Forces and use of violence against a representative of the authorities

Criminal case

Case of Sergey Buivol on repeated discrediting of the RF Armed Forces and use of violence against a representative of the authorities

There are no other defendants in this case in the database.

Thematic group: Anti-war case

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Facility: Penal colony No. 2, Tula Oblast

Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)

300012, Тульская область, г. Тула, ул. Мориса Тореза, 11а, ФКУ «ИК № 2 УФСИН России по Тульской области», Буйвол Сергей Петрович, 1961 г.р.

Address checked October 18, 2026

Details and sources

Full summary

According to OVD-Info

A resident of Novomoskovsk. A case was brought against him for discrediting the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. According to the investigators' version, when they came to search him, he put up armed resistance, in connection with which a case of violence against representatives of the authorities was also brought against him. Buivol was taken into custody. On 12 July 2023, he was sentenced in the criminal case to three and a half years in a general regime penal colony.

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