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Gasan Gadzhiev

Not in RussiaChecked October 18, 2026

Gasan Gadzhiev, born 1987, Dagestan. Charges: Article 207.3 part 2 item v, Russian Criminal Code (Dissemination of false information about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, government…); “Gasan Gadzhiev's case”. Sentence (October 7, 2025): 6 years of imprisonment in absentia with deprivation of the right to engage in activities related to the public posting… Status: not in Russia.

In brief

Dagestan · Makhachkala · Medical workers · Anti-war cases, Cases against "foreign agents"

Sentence

6 years

of imprisonment in absentia with deprivation of the right to engage in activities related to the public posting of materials and appeals in the media, information and telecommunication networks (including the Internet) for the acquaintance of an unlimited number of persons, for a period of 4 years

Verdict October 7, 2025

No information about an appeal ruling.

Charges

  • Article 207.3 part 2 item v, 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

According to the investigation, being outside the Russian Federation, through the telecommunications network of the Internet in 2022 in social networks, including those banned in the territory of the Russian Federation, publicly disseminated knowingly false information about the use of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation under the guise of reliable information. Gadzhiev was charged with 27 publications in Instagram and Telegram, which criticised the war in Ukraine and the Russian leadership. According to the prosecution version (excerpts from the posts are given in accordance with the published text of the verdict), he published in Instagram under the nickname "gasan_djabrailovich": - a post with a video with the title: "The terrorist act in Kremenchug and the essence of Russia" and the following text: "Assalam Alaikum! Yesterday another terrorist act was committed by Russia in the city of Kremenchug. Rockets fell on the shopping centre, and there are dozens of dead and more than a hundred wounded, and we all saw these images, and these images once again horrified us. And once again we were horrified by the cynicism of the comments from Russia, the representative to the UN said that it looks like a fake like the fake in Bucha. Today FIO23 the military command said that these were strikes on military warehouses, but we saw that it was not warehouses, it was a civilian facility with civilians inside, we saw this horror that Russia has sown once again."; - photo of Major General Gerasimov with the caption: "!!!! Major General FIO23 of the army was liquidated near Kharkov. Another loss among the top command staff of the army of the occupying country. During the fighting near Kharkov, Vitaly Gerasimov - FIO23 military commander, major general, chief of staff and first deputy commander of the 41st Army of the Central Military District of Russia - was liquidated. A number of senior FIO23 army officers were also killed and wounded. Vitaly Gerasimov took part in the Second Chechen War and FIO23 military operation in Syria. He received a medal "for the return of Crimea". Also the received data shows significant communication problems in the army of the occupant and with the evacuation of their broken units. Audio intercept with confirmation https://gur.gov.ua/content/pid-kharkovom-likvidovano-heneralmaiora-rosiiskoi armii.html". In his Telegram channel called "Gadzhiev Hasan" (and later renamed "Our Opinion - 2.0" and "DOU!"), according to the prosecution, he published: - A photograph of Rappani Khalilov, the leader of gangs in the North Caucasus in the 1990s, and a photo of Russian President V.V. Putin, which is signed with the words: "Guess at once where is Lakets and where is the fish-eyed bastard"; - a photo with the text: "Irpin today. A beautiful small town has turned into ruins, and people into refugees... . O Allah, make Putin die at the hands of his own friends, amin!"; - video with the caption: "About two thousand FIO23 soldiers have been captured, most of them are conscript soldiers aged 18-20 years old. According to Anton Gerashchenko, adviser to the interior minister, most of the captives were detained in Chernihiv, Sumy and Mykolaiv regions. It is also known that as of today more than 11 thousand Russians have already died in Ukraine. "To make you understand, this is more than in the two Chechen wars waged by Russia for 13 years. Therefore, if the Russians do not stop the war, a huge number of their sons will die," warns Gerashchenko. By the way, Gerashchenko on his channel publishes a series of intercepted conversations (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8ao2ZjeM9mslBOATvDa87lvgELw281IF) of Russian occupants with their families. One of the conversations is on the video. DEATH TO THE RUSSIAN OCCUPIERS! All news: Dumskaya (https://t.me/dumskaya_net)"; - video with the caption: "Soldiers are fighting, and their salaries are turning to dust! Hello! Stop it! It is because your moron commander-in-chief gives such orders that soon an apple will be sold in Russia for a kilo of roubles"; - a video with the caption: "Mumbling about 'exercises' is nonsense! They are travelling to maraud. To steal other people's goods, to rape a woman/girl/girl who happens to be there, to go on a rampage - that's what they were counting on. This is what happened in Chechnya and Dagestan - we remember it, and those who have forgotten I will refresh their memory, here you can read it - https://memohrc.org/ru/special- projects/dagestan-zachistka-posyolka-vremenny-i-eyo-posledstviya"; - video with the caption: "It seems that the tradition of zagranotryadnyatryad has become relevant again in the FIO23 army. <address>at least that's what the captured occupants tell us about it? Do you believe their words?"; - video with the caption: "Russian fighters bombed a children's hospital in Mariupol. The destruction is colossal. The building of the medical centre, where children were treated not so long ago, has been completely destroyed"; - video with the caption: "Entertainment of the Rashists on the territory of Ukraine. And then in captivity they will whine that they were on an exercise"; - photo with the caption: "A woman from Mariupol, whose photo with a bloody face travelled around the world, has safely given birth to a baby girl. "At present, the mother and the child are fine, although they remain in a room without heating in Mariupol", - notes journalist Marichka Padalko. Recall that FIO23 fakemakers in their underMedia wrote that Marianna was specially brought to the defeated Mariupol maternity hospital and made up "for the picture", basing their speculations on the fact that the girl once worked as a model "; - a video with their participation, signed with the words: "Russians are suffering because of sanctions"; - video with the caption: "It is reported that FIO23 side shelled Popasnoye (<address>) with phosphorus bombs. Phosphorus bombs are weapons banned by the Geneva Convention"; - photo with the caption: "Nothing unusual - a Russian came to "denazify" Ukraine and save it from fascism"; - photo with the caption: "A New York Times correspondent was shot in Irpin. Another journalist was wounded. Andriy Nebitov, chief of police of Kyiv region, said: "The occupiers cynically kill even journalists of international media who try to show the truth about the atrocities of FIO23 troops in Ukraine. Today, a 51-year-old correspondent of the world famous media outlet New York Times was shot dead in Irpen. Another journalist was wounded. At present, the victim is being tried to get out of the combat zone. Of course, the profession of journalism involves risk, however, a US citizen, Breni Renaud, paid with his life for trying to cover the perfidy, cruelty and ruthlessness of the aggressor." - video with the caption "Journalist Asya Dolina reports that the woman who was carried on a stretcher from the maternity hospital in Mariupol did not survive kam and her baby... .P.tin to you to sdet and then burn with abu, ann"; - video with the caption: "Horrible footage of the murder of Mariupol residents FIO23 by tankers. An elderly man was drawing attention to himself not to be shot at, but Putin's pervert shot a defenceless civilian man. Material for The Hague."; - video with the caption: "In Chernihiv, Russian occupiers fired at people standing in a bread queue. As a result, at least 10 people were killed."; - photo with the caption: "Representatives of the Azov regiment (banned in Russia) reported that the Russians with their shelling prevented people from being extracted from under the ruins of the drama theatre in Mariupol, on which two heavy-duty bombs were dropped on Wednesday. Up to 1,000 people may still be under the rubble. Russia denies bombing the theatre where Mariupol civilians were sheltering." - a video with the caption: "The second Hijra in my life." - video with the caption: "There's a whole company of refuseniks," - FIO23 intercept of a racist. The occupier recounts how instead of a bulletproof vest, "200x.... they wanted to give him", adding that "Syria is nothing compared to this"; - a photo with the caption: "A wall of wishes in a Polish city. Putin has made a pariah out of his people... . Overthrow him quickly, otherwise it will be even worse." - photo with the caption: "1! Lieutenant General Andrei Mordvichev, commander of the 8th Combined Arms Army of the Southern Military District of the Russian Armed Forces, died in Chernigov, The Insider reports. AlhamdulilliLlag!"; - video with the caption: "Another use of phosphorus munitions by racists in Kramatorsk. The video was published by the first deputy head of the patrol police Alexei Beloshitsky. We remind you that the use of these munitions is prohibited by the third protocol of the UN Convention on Inhuman Weapons of 1980. Insider UA"; - video with the caption: "On cruel treatment of prisoners of war. R.S. I forgot to add that the most cruel treatment of prisoners of war was to make them shout 'Akhmat sila'." - a video with the caption: "Missile strikes on Kiev"; - an article with the following content: "The strike on the drama theatre in Mariupol on DD.MM.YYYY, which was carried out by FIO23 military personnel, is a war crime, said the international human rights organisation Amnesty International. The expert organisations have conducted their own investigations into the incident and gathered evidence which shows that FIO23 military apparently deliberately aimed at the theatre, knowing that hundreds of civilians were sheltering there. The investigation says it is highly likely that the Russians dropped two 500kg bombs from a military aircraft that detonated simultaneously. Russia has repeatedly denied it struck the theatre."

Latest event

October 7, 2025 — first-instance verdict

The court delivered a guilty verdict: 6 years.

Checked October 18, 2026 · no changes since October 15

Timeline

  1. · First-instance verdict

    guilty verdict · 6 years

  2. · Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”

Criminal case

Gasan Gadzhiev's case

Case number
1-856/2025

There are no other defendants in this case in the database.

Thematic group: Anti-war case; Dagestani case of "fakes" about the Russian Armed Forces

Details and sources

Full summary

According to OVD-Info

Resident of Dagestan, dentist. In 2016, he moved to Ukraine and then to the Netherlands. A case was brought against him for disseminating deliberately false information about the Armed Forces because of almost 30 posts about the war in Ukraine. In them, he wished death to Putin, called the Russian military occupiers and wrote about civilian casualties.

His Gadzhiev was arrested. In September 2025, he was included in the list of extremists and terrorists of Rosfinmonitoring with the marking that is put with the names of those prosecuted under terrorist articles.

On 7 October 2025, he was sentenced in absentia to six years in a general regime colony.

All fields of the record
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Preventive measures
arrest in absentia

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