Alexander Glushkin
Alexander Glushkin, born 1969, Saint Petersburg. Charges: Article 207.3 part 2 item d, Russian Criminal Code (Dissemination of false information about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, government…); “Alexander Glushkin's case of spreading "fake news" about the Russian Armed Forces”. Sentenced on February 5, 2026. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since February 7, 2024; place of detention: Penal colony No. 5, Kirov Oblast. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, April 18, 2025.
In brief
Saint Petersburg · Saint Petersburg · Manual workers · Anti-war cases
Sentence
5 years
Ban on activity, Confiscation, Imprisonment (general regime)
First instance, September 18, 2025: 5 years
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)
Full wording of the charges
The case was initiated due to certain posts about Ukraine in a public group on a social network.
Latest event
February 5, 2026 — appeal
The court changed the sentence to 5 years.
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, April 18, 2025
Timeline
· Appeal ruling
sentence changed · 5 years
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 5 years
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
· Persecution begins
Alexander Glushkin's case of spreading "fake news" about the Russian Armed Forces
· Preventive measure: travel ban (written undertaking)
· Preventive measure: placement in a temporary detention facility
Criminal case
Alexander Glushkin's case of spreading "fake news" about the Russian Armed Forces
- Case number
- 1-1362/2024
Thematic group: Anti-war case
Write a letter
Facility: Penal colony No. 5, Kirov Oblast
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
613040, Кировская область, г. Кирово-Чепецк, ул. Овражная, 16, ФКУ «ИК № 5 УФСИН России по Кировской области», Глушкин Александр Львович, 1969 г.р.
Details and sources
Full summary
Resident of St. Petersburg, worked as a cable armourer at the Morozov Plant. In 2009, he participated in the elections to the Council of Deputies of the municipal formation of Morozovsky Urban Settlement from the local branch of the CPRF. In May 2024, a case was brought against him for spreading deliberately false information about the Russian Armed Forces. He was placed under a recognisance not to abscond and placed in a psychiatric hospital for examination.
In the summer Glushkin was put on a regional wanted list - apparently, he was not admitted to the hospital at that time - and after his arrest he was sent into custody. He was kept there for about a month and later transferred to a medical institution.
On 18 September 2025, the court sentenced Glushkin to five years in a general regime penal colony.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
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