Konstantin Efremov
Konstantin Efremov, Moscow. Charges: Article 207.3 part 2 item d, Russian Criminal Code (Dissemination of false information about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, government…); “Konstantin Efremov's case of "fakes" about the Russian Armed Forces”. Sentence (February 20, 2026): 7 years' imprisonment in absentia, a ban on administering internet pages for a period of 4 years. Status: not in Russia.
In brief
Moscow · Moscow · Former military personnel · Anti-war cases
Sentence
7 years
imprisonment in absentia, a ban on administering internet pages for a period of 4 years
No information about an appeal ruling.
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)
Latest event
February 20, 2026 — first-instance verdict
The court delivered a guilty verdict: 7 years.
Timeline
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 7 years
· Preventive measure: arrest in absentia
Criminal case
Konstantin Efremov's case of "fakes" about the Russian Armed Forces
- Case number
- 01-0118/2026
Thematic group: Anti-war case
Details and sources
Full summary
Commander of a unit of the 42nd Motorised Rifle Division of the Russian Armed Forces, lived in Vladikavkaz, served in Chechnya. Participated in the invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022. In May, he left the front and wrote an application for dismissal from the Russian Armed Forces. In October, after mobilisation began, he left Russia. In February 2023, he gave an interview to the Gulagu.net project, in which he spoke about the torture of prisoners of war and Ukrainian civilians. In March, an FSB officer came to his home. In May 2023, Efremov was fined in absentia under an administrative article on discrediting the Russian Armed Forces (Article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences). In October 2025, a court in Moscow took him into custody in absentia on the case of disseminating deliberately false information about the Russian Armed Forces. The reason for the case was Efremov's interview with journalist Farida Kurbangaleeva about the torture of Ukrainians by the Russian military and looting. On 20 February 2026, he was sentenced in absentia to seven years' imprisonment.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
- Preventive measures
- arrest in absentia
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