Sharofiddin Gadoev
Sharofiddin Gadoev, born 1985, Moscow. Charges: Article 207.3 part 2 items b, d, Russian Criminal Code (Dissemination of false information about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, government…); “Sharofiddin Gadoev's case”. Sentence (July 29, 2025): 8 years' 6 months imprisonment in absentia. Status: not in Russia.
In brief
Moscow · Moscow · Politicians
Sentence
8 years 6 months
8 years' 6 months imprisonment in absentia
Upheld November 26, 2025
Charges
- Article 207.3 part 2 items b, d, Russian Criminal Code — Dissemination of false information about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, government agencies, or mercenaries (using an official position, a group of individuals, falsification of evidence, for selfish motives, or out of hatred)
Full wording of the charges
The criminal case was triggered by a 2022 video on the ISLOHTV YouTube channel, where, according to investigators, Gadoev spoke in Tajik about the deaths of Ukrainian civilians from the actions of the Russian army. The indictment is based on the testimony of two witnesses, both natives of Tajikistan. One of them, religious figure Khayriddin Dastakov, told the court that Gadoev and his associates are seeking a coup in Tajikistan and are spreading anti-Russian propaganda. According to him, their publications are directed against a “strong Russia.”
Latest event
December 23, 2025 — added to the rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
Timeline
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 8 years 6 months
· Persecution begins
Sharofiddin Gadoev's case
Criminal case
Sharofiddin Gadoev's case
- Case number
- 01-0315/2025
Thematic group: The case of Tajikistani opposition activists of "fakes" about the Russian Armed Forces
Details and sources
Full summary
Deputy head of the "National Alliance of Tajikistan", which is banned on the territory of the state. In 2019, he was, in his own words, detained in Moscow and forcibly sent to Dushanbe, where he was tortured and forced to film propaganda videos. He later managed to leave for Europe and lives in the Netherlands. In Tajikistan, a case of smuggling and document forgery was brought against him.
In May 2024, Gadoev was arrested in absentia in a case of spreading deliberately false information about the Russian Armed Forces. It was initiated because of a 2022 video in which Gadoev spoke about the deaths of Ukrainian civilians from the actions of the Russian army. On 29 July 2025, the Basmanny District Court of Moscow sentenced him in absentia to eight and a half years in a general regime colony.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Tajikistan
Other people prosecuted under Article 207.3 part 2 items b, d, Russian Criminal Code
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