Rasul Gafiatullin
Rasul Gafiatullin, Udmurtia. Charges: Article 354.1 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Dissemination of false information about the Second World War (using an official position, by a…); “The case of a resident of Izhevsk for disseminating knowingly false information about the activities of the USSR during the Second World War”. Status: at large.
In brief
Udmurtia · Izhevsk
Sentence
No information about a verdict.
Charges
- Article 354.1 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Dissemination of false information about the Second World War (using an official position, by a group of individuals, using media or the internet, with fabricating evidence for the prosecution)
Full wording of the charges
According to the investigation, being a "supporter of radical views", in 2025 he left a comment in one of the messengers "with false information about the activities of the USSR during the Second World War": "publicly denied on the Internet the facts established by the verdict of the International Military Tribunal for the trial and punishment of the main war criminals of the European Axis countries, as well as spread deliberately false information about the activities of the USSR during the Second World War".
Latest event
February 1, 2026 — imprisonment begins
Timeline
· Imprisonment begins
· Persecution begins
The case of a resident of Izhevsk for disseminating knowingly false information about the activities of the USSR during the Second World War
· Preventive measure: house arrest
Criminal case
The case of a resident of Izhevsk for disseminating knowingly false information about the activities of the USSR during the Second World War
- Case number
- 2-13/2026 (2-29/2025;)
Details and sources
Full summary
Resident of Izhevsk. In September 2025, he was placed under house arrest on charges of spreading deliberately false information about the activities of the USSR during World War II. The occasion was a comment in which Gafiatullin claimed that SMERSH "dressed up as banderites and shot peaceful Ukrainians to frame the underground fighters". On 21 January 2026, Gafiatullin was sentenced to two and a half years of forced labour.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 354.1 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.