Petr Hofmanski
Petr Hofmanski, born 1956, Moscow. Charges: Article 299, Russian Criminal Code; Article 301 part 2, Russian Criminal Code; Article 360 part 2, Russian Criminal Code; “The case concerning the holding of Putin and Lvova-Belova criminally liable”. Sentenced on December 12, 2025. Status: not in Russia.
In brief
Moscow · Moscow · Lawyers
Sentence
Imprisonment (in absentia)
Upheld March 23, 2026
Charges
- Article 299, Russian Criminal Code
- Article 301 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
- Article 360 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
Full wording of the charges
According to the investigation, "in order to complicate international relations, he joined an organised group to commit premeditated crimes against the Russian Federation and its citizens", in violation of the international legal custom on jurisdictional immunity of state officials, including their absolute sovereign immunity from foreign criminal jurisdiction (confirmed by a decision of the UN International Court of Justice in February 2002), as well as in the absence of legal, reasonable grounds and objective information, made a decision to bringing criminal proceedings against Putin and Lvova-Belova for committing war crimes, specifically for the deportation of children from the occupied territory of Ukraine to Russia, and participated in the collegial adoption of "knowingly unlawful decisions to arrest" Vladimir Putin and Maria Lvova-Belova in states parties to the Rome Statute, "by issuing the relevant arrest warrants."
Latest event
March 23, 2026 — appeal
The court upheld the verdict.
Timeline
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict
· Persecution begins
The case concerning the holding of Putin and Lvova-Belova criminally liable
· Preventive measure: arrest in absentia
Criminal case
The case concerning the holding of Putin and Lvova-Belova criminally liable
- Case number
- 2-0097/2025
Other defendants in the case
- Rosario Salvatore Aitala — Not in Russia
- Tomoko Akane — Not in Russia
- Alapini-Gansou Reine — Not in Russia
- Haykel Ben Mahfoudh — Not in Russia
- Sergio Gerardo Ugalde Godinez — Not in Russia
- Luz del Carmen Ibáñez Carranza — Not in Russia
- Karim Ahmad Khan — Not in Russia, 15 years
- Bertram Schmitt — Not in Russia
Details and sources
Full summary
Former President of the International Criminal Court. A case was brought against him for prosecution of knowingly innocent persons, coupled with their conviction for serious crimes, unlawful detention and attempted assault on an internationally protected person, in connection with the prosecution of Putin and Maria Lvova-Belova, the Comissioner for Children's Rights. On 12 December 2025, Hofmanski was sentenced in absentia to imprisonment.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Poland
- Preventive measures
- arrest in absentia
Other people prosecuted under Article 299, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.