Yury Dud
Yury Dud, born 1986, Moscow. Charges: Article 330.1 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Violation of the procedure for activities of a foreign agent, committed by a person after being…); “Yury Dud's case for evading the obligations of a “foreign agent””. Sentenced on February 12, 2026. Status: not in Russia.
In brief
Moscow · Moscow · Bloggers, Journalists · Cases against "foreign agents"
Sentence
1 year 10 months
Ban on activity, Imprisonment (in absentia)
First instance, November 14, 2025: 1 year 10 months
Charges
- Article 330.1 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Violation of the procedure for activities of a foreign agent, committed by a person after being persecuted for an administrative offence
Full wording of the charges
The Moscow Prosecutor's Office found that 38-year-old Yury Dud, designated as a foreign agent, had twice within a year been held administratively liable for violating the rules governing the activities of a foreign agent (Part 4, Article 19.34 of the Code of Administrative Offences). However, in breach of the requirements of Russian law, he continued to disseminate messages and materials in one of the messaging services without indicating that they were created and/or distributed by an individual performing the functions of a foreign agent.
Latest event
September 23, 2026 — added to the rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
Timeline
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Appeal ruling
sentence changed · 1 year 10 months
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 1 year 10 months
· Preventive measure: arrest in absentia
· Persecution begins
Yury Dud's case for evading the obligations of a “foreign agent”
· Added to the register of “foreign agents”
Criminal case
Yury Dud's case for evading the obligations of a “foreign agent”
- Case number
- 01-0397/2025
Details and sources
Full summary
Journalist, author of the YouTube channel "vDud". Left Russia. In April 2022 he was included in the list of "foreign agents". On 30 June 2025, following fines for the absence of the "foreign agent" disclaimer in his publications, the Moscow Prosecutor's Office announced that it had initiated criminal proceedings against Dud under the article on evasion of "foreign agent" legislation. On the same day, RIA Novosti, citing a source, reported that the case had been initiated.
On 16 September 2025, the prosecutor's office announced that the case had been sent to court. On 14 November 2025, Dud was sentenced in absentia to one year and ten months in prison.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
- Preventive measures
- arrest in absentia
Other people prosecuted under Article 330.1 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.