Dmitry Ivanov
Dmitry Ivanov, born 1999, Moscow. Charges: Article 207.3 part 2 item d, Russian Criminal Code (Dissemination of false information about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, government…); “Dmitry Ivanov's case regarding "fakes" about the activities of the Russian Armed Forces on the territory of Ukraine in Moscow”. Sentence (March 7, 2023): 8 years 6 months imprisonment in a general regime colony. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since June 2, 2022; place of detention: Penal colony No. 3, Tambov Oblast. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, July 14, 2022.
In brief
Moscow · Moscow · IT specialists, Students · Anti-war cases, Cases related to mass actions
Sentence
8 years 6 months
imprisonment in a general regime colony
Upheld August 29, 2024
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 reason for the case was publications and reposts about Russian attacks on the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, shelling of a hospital in Mariupol, dispersal of a public gathering in Kherson, losses of Russian aviation in the war, crimes in Bucha and Irpen, as well as Zelensky's appeal to the residents of Donbas and a post where a "special operation" is called a war, and posts with calls to go to anti-war rallies.
Latest event
December 4, 2025 — imprisonment begins
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, July 14, 2022
Timeline
· Imprisonment begins
· Cassation ruling
upheld
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Nizhny Novgorod Oblast
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 8 years 6 months
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
· Persecution begins
Dmitry Ivanov's case regarding "fakes" about the activities of the Russian Armed Forces on the territory of Ukraine in Moscow
· Preventive measure: placement in a temporary detention facility
Criminal case
Dmitry Ivanov's case regarding "fakes" about the activities of the Russian Armed Forces on the territory of Ukraine in Moscow
- Case number
- 01-0038/2023 (01-0555/2022)
Thematic group: Anti-war case
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Facility: Penal colony No. 3, Tambov Oblast
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
393265, Тамбовская область, Рассказовский район, п. Зеленый, ул. Центральная, д.6, ФКУ «ИК № 3 УФСИН России по Тамбовской области», Иванов Дмитрий Александрович, 1999 г.р.
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Full summary
Activist, student of the Faculty of Computational Mathematics and Cybernetics at Moscow State University, author of the Protest MSU Telegram channel. On 2 June 2022, he was detained; on that day, at least four searches were conducted - at Moscow activists' and journalists' homes, as well as at Ivanov's parents' home. The activist himself was serving 25 days of administrative arrest under the article on repeated violation of the established procedure for arranging a rally (part 8 of article 20.2 of the CAO) - the arrest was due to end at 6:30 pm on 2 June. He was charged with dissemination of deliberately false information about the activities of the armed forces on the grounds of hatred (point "e" of part 2 of article 207.3 of the Criminal Code) and was detained until the trial. On 3 June the court decided to take Ivanov into custody.
Among the evidence collected by the investigation, there is a statement from an assistant professor of Moscow State University, who claims that Ivanov "participated in financial frauds" and "defends all political scum of society".
At the end of July 2022, Ivanov was visited in the pre-trial detention centre by a man who introduced himself as an FSB officer and suggested that Ivanov "could uncover some criminal network to get a lesser sentence". After one of the hearings in January 2023, Ivanov was beaten by an escort. His letters from the pre-trial detention centre do not reach their addressees due to censorship. On 7 March 2023, Ivanov was sentenced to eight and a half years in a general regime colony.
The Investigative Committee did not initiate a criminal case in connection with the beating. In November 2023, it became known that Ivanov was not given letters at the pre-trial detention centre, and his letters were not sent to the outside either. In addition, Ivanov is denied visits from his mother. Later, Ivanov received the letters.
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