Ruslan Ganeev
- Criminal Code
- Article 207.3 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
- Case category
- Anti-war cases
- Verdict
- Corrective labour
- Date of verdict
- 2023-03-06
- Region
- Tatarstan
- City
- Naberezhnye Chelny
Recognition by human rights organisations
- Recognised as a political prisonerby Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, 23 February 2023
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Case summary
Resident of Naberezhnye Chelny, web developer. A case was brought against him for spreading deliberately false information about the Russian Armed Forces. Ganeev failed to appear at the first court hearing in the case. After that, the case was suspended, as the defendant went into hiding. Ganeev was put on a wanted list and was found at his home. He was taken into custody and the hearings resumed. On 6 March 2023, Ganeev was sentenced to 10 months of correctional labour.
Others charged under Article 207.3 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
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