Dmitry Gudkov
- Criminal Code
- Article 165 part 2, Russian Criminal CodeArticle 205.4 (part unknown), Russian Criminal CodeArticle 207.3 part 2 item d, Russian Criminal CodeArticle 278, Russian Criminal Code
- Case category
- Anti-war casesTerrorism casesCases against "foreign agents"
- Verdict
- Ban on activity, Imprisonment (in absentia)
- Sentence
- 8 years
- Date of verdict
- 2024-08-21
- Region
- Moscow
- City
- Moscow
Case summary
Former State Duma deputy, opposition politician. On 2 June 2021, he was detained after a search in the case of causing damage to the Moscow City Property Department. The next day he was released in the status of a suspect. Gudkov left Russia.
In February 2023, he was included in the register of "foreign agents".
In October 2023, it became known that a case was opened against Gudkov for spreading "fakes" about the Armed Forces. On 21 August 2024, he was sentenced in absentia to eight years.
On 14 October 2025, the FSB reported the initiation of a case against Gudkov and other members of the "Anti-War Committee of Russia" for violent seizure of power and organisation of activities of a terrorist community. The reason was the adoption of the "Berlin Declaration" on the need for a change of power in Russia.
Others charged under Article 165 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
What we write about political persecution
Recent material from this section. This is section navigation — the articles below are not about this person.
- 2026-09-04Georgia court clears extradition of Fugal ally to Russia
- 2026-09-04Russia labels Novaya Gazeta a 'foreign agent,' adds over 100 affiliated names
- 2026-09-04Russian court sentences hostage-takers from Rostov detention center to up to 29 years
- 2026-09-04Two Yabloko Duma candidates detained in Moscow two days before vote
- 2026-09-03British man says Russian police beat him, jumped on his head at station in Yessentuki
Source: this person’s record in the OVD-Info political persecution database
Published under CC BY 3.0. The criteria for treating a person as politically persecuted belong to OVD-Info; FACTUM relays their assessment and makes none of its own.
OVD-Info has been designated an «extremist» organisation in Russia — by decision of the Russian authorities, like other independent human rights and media projects.