Arsenii Glebov
Arsenii Glebov, born 1994, Tatarstan. Charges: Article 207.3 part 2 item d, Russian Criminal Code (Dissemination of false information about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, government…); Article 208 part 2 applied with Article 30 part 3, Russian Criminal Code (Attempt to participate in an illegal armed formation); “Arsenii Glebov's case on attempted participation in an armed formation and "fakes" about the Russian Armed Forces”. Sentence (October 17, 2025): 8 years 6 months' imprisonment in a strict regime colony with the ban of administering websites for 2 years. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since June 29, 2022; place of detention: Penal colony No. 11, Kirov Oblast. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, May 2, 2024.
In brief
Tatarstan · Kazan
Sentence
8 years 6 months
imprisonment in a strict regime colony with the ban of administering websites for 2 years
Upheld January 30, 2026
Charges
- Article 207.3 part 2 item d, Russian Criminal Code — Dissemination of false information about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, government agencies, or mercenaries (based on political, ideological, racial, national or religious hatred or enmity, or on grounds of hatred or enmity in relation to any social group)
- Article 208 part 2 applied with Article 30 part 3, Russian Criminal Code — Attempt to participate in an illegal armed formation.
Full wording of the charges
According to the investigation, he tried to join an illegal armed formation. The pretext was a comment under one of the videos by Alekseii Arestovich, at that time an adviser to the Ukrainian president: Glebov wrote that he would like to help Ukraine. Later it was reported that, according to the investigation, being in Armenia at the beginning of the full-scale invasion, Glebov contacted the military attaché of Ukraine with a request to be accepted into the "International Legion", and later allegedly received recommendations on leaving Russia and obtaining a Ukrainian visa. The reason for the initiation of a case of dissemination of knowingly false information about the Russian Armed Forces motivated by political hatred was a post about Russia bombing cities and maternity hospitals in Ukraine. Later, it was reported that the reason for prosecution under this article was Glebov's appeal to Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky: according to the investigation, Glebov wrote that he was "ready to do any work that would bring Ukraine's victory closer" and also "promised to come to any point in Ukraine by car within a week of receiving a transit visa".
Latest event
January 30, 2026 — appeal
The court upheld the verdict.
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, May 2, 2024
Timeline
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 8 years 6 months
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Tatarstan
· Persecution begins
Arsenii Glebov's case on attempted participation in an armed formation and "fakes" about the Russian Armed Forces
Criminal case
Arsenii Glebov's case on attempted participation in an armed formation and "fakes" about the Russian Armed Forces
- Case number
- 1-34/2025 (1-97/2024; 1-602/2023;)
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Facility: Penal colony No. 11, Kirov Oblast
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
613035, деревня Утробино, Кировская область, г. Кирово- Чепецк, ФКУ «ИК № 11 УФСИН России по Кировской области», Глебов Арсений Николаевич, 1994 г.р.
Details and sources
Full summary
A resident of Kazan. On 18 May he was detained at the Moscow airport when he was going to fly to Georgia. According to his sister, Glebov was forced to buy a ticket to Kazan with his own money and was detained on arrival. The next day he was searched at his home as part of a criminal case on incitement to mass disorder. The young man was ordered to appear on 20 May for questioning as a witness. However, then a criminal case of attempted participation in an illegal armed formation was opened against him and he was taken into custody.
The reason for the case was his comment under one of the videos of Aleksei Arestovich, who was then an adviser to the Ukrainian president: Glebov wrote about his intention to help Ukraine. Then came the information that, according to the investigation, while in Armenia at the beginning of the full-scale invasion, Glebov contacted the military attaché of Ukraine with a request to be accepted into the "International Legion", and later allegedly received recommendations on leaving Russia and obtaining a Ukrainian visa. Later it became known that he was also accused of spreading deliberately false information about the Russian Armed Forces.
On 17 October 2025, Glebov was sentenced to 8 and a half years in a strict regime colony.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
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