Sergey Gavrikov
Sergey Gavrikov, Sverdlovsk Oblast. Charges: Article 207.3 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Dissemination of false information about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, government…); “Sergey Gavrikov's case of "fakes" about the RF Armed Forces”. Sentence (May 23, 2025): 9 months of corrective labor. Status: at large.
In brief
Sverdlovsk Oblast · NULL · Anti-war cases
Sentence
9 months of corrective labor
No information about an appeal ruling.
Charges
- Article 207.3 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Dissemination of false information about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, government agencies, or mercenaries
Latest event
May 23, 2025 — first-instance verdict
The court delivered a guilty verdict.
Criminal case
Sergey Gavrikov's case of "fakes" about the RF Armed Forces
- Case number
- 1-56/2025
Thematic group: Anti-war case
Details and sources
Full summary
A resident of Sverdlovsk region. A case was opened against him for spreading deliberately false information about the Russian Armed Forces. In April 2025, the case was sent to court. There were two episodes in the case.
On 23 May 2025, Gavrikov was sentenced to nine months of corrective labour in one of the episodes, the prosecution on the second episode was discontinued due to the expiration of the statute of limitations. In the first episode, he was charged with an anti-military comment on VKontakte.
Four days before the criminal trial judgment, Gavrikov was fined 30,000 rubles under the protocol on discrediting the army due to comments on VKontakte.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 207.3 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.