Boris Filatov
Boris Filatov, born 1972, 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…); Article 282 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Incitement of hatred or enmity (with violence, using official position, or by a group)); “Boris Filatov's case of "fake news" about the Russian Armed Forces and incitement to hatred”. Sentence (January 14, 2025): 9 years imprisonment in absentia. Status: not in Russia.
In brief
Moscow · Moscow · Officials · Extremism cases
Sentence
9 years
imprisonment in absentia
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)
- Article 282 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Incitement of hatred or enmity (with violence, using official position, or by a group)
Full wording of the charges
According to the investigation, knowing that the Russian military did not attack civilians in Ukraine, on 2 April 2022 he spread deliberately false information in his Telegram channel about the actions of the Russian military in the Kiev region and the killing of civilians.
Latest event
January 14, 2025 — first-instance verdict
The court delivered a guilty verdict: 9 years.
Timeline
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 9 years
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Preventive measure: arrest in absentia
Criminal case
Boris Filatov's case of "fake news" about the Russian Armed Forces and incitement to hatred
- Case number
- 01-0566/2024
Details and sources
Full summary
Mayor of Dnipro. In April 2022, the head of the Investigative Committee, Aleksandr Bastrykin, ordered a case to be opened against Filatov in connection with a post in which he allegedly called for the killing of Russians around the world. In April 2023, it was reported that a case of incitement to genocide had been opened against Filatov. In September 2023, he was arrested in absentia, then it was reported with charges of inciting hatred. When Filatov's case went to court, the website also listed an article about "fake news" about the Armed Forces. On 14 January 2025, the mayor was sentenced in absentia to nine years in prison.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Ukraine
- Preventive measures
- arrest in absentia
Other people prosecuted under Article 207.3 part 2 item d, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.