Egor Filippov
Egor Filippov, Stavropol Krai. Charges: Article 280.3 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Discrediting the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, government agencies, or mercenaries); “Egor Filippov's case of discrediting the Russian Armed Forces”. Sentence (May 20, 2025): 1 year 6 months' compulsory labor with a 2-year ban on engaging in activities related to administering chats, groups… Status: location unknown.
In brief
Stavropol Krai · Stavropol · Office workers · Anti-war cases
Sentence
1 year 6 months
compulsory labor with a 2-year ban on engaging in activities related to administering chats, groups, communities, and other forms of user interaction and communication on information and telecommunication networks, including the Internet.
No information about an appeal ruling.
Charges
- Article 280.3 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Discrediting the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, government agencies, or mercenaries
Full wording of the charges
On January 1, 2024, Filippov was fined 35,000 rubles under an administrative charge of "discrediting the Russian army" (Part 1, Article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences) for a comment posted on social media. Following this, he posted a message in a chat with 7,000 users on a messaging platform. The content of the message is blacked out in the published court ruling. However, according to a linguistic expert analysis, the message contained "information about hostile (violent) actions (deprivation of life) committed by Russian military personnel (the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation) on the territory of Ukraine against its residents." The experts also identified psychological and linguistic signs of a belief "in the negative nature of the goals behind the use of the Russian Armed Forces" in Ukraine.
Latest event
May 20, 2025 — first-instance verdict
The court delivered a guilty verdict: 1 year 6 months.
Timeline
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 1 year 6 months
· Persecution begins
Egor Filippov's case of discrediting the Russian Armed Forces
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Criminal case
Egor Filippov's case of discrediting the Russian Armed Forces
- Case number
- 1-320/2025
Thematic group: Anti-war case
Details and sources
Full summary
A resident of Stavropol. A case was brought against him for discrediting the Armed Forces because of a message in a chat room with 7,000 users in one of the messengers. The content of the message is unknown, but the authors of the linguistic expertise indicated that it contained "information about hostile (violent) actions (deprivation of life) committed by Russian servicemen (Armed Forces of the Russian Federation) on the territory of Ukraine against its residents", as well as psychological and linguistic signs of belief "in the negative nature of the purposes of using the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation" in Ukraine.
In late January 2025, Filippov was placed in custody. On 20 May 2025, he was sentenced to one and a half years of compulsory labour and a two-year ban on administering chat rooms, groups and communities on the Internet. After the verdict was announced, Filippov was released from custody.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
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