Dmitrii Bykov
- Criminal Code
- Article 207.3 part 2 item d, Russian Criminal CodeArticle 330.1 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
- Case category
- Anti-war casesCases against "foreign agents"
- Verdict
- Ban on activity, Imprisonment (in absentia), Fine
- Sentence
- 7 years
- Date of verdict
- 2025-10-01
- Region
- Moscow
- City
- Moscow
Case summary
Writer, publicist. In July 2022, he was included in the register of "foreign agents". In April 2025, the Investigative Committee reported that a case was opened against Bykov for dissemination of deliberately false information about the RF Armed Forces and evasion of duties as a "foreign agent".
On 1 October 2025, the court sentenced him in absentia to seven years in a general regime colony and a fine of 300 thousand rubles.
Others charged under Article 207.3 part 2 item d, Russian Criminal Code
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