Roman Ivanov
Roman Ivanov, born 1973, Moscow Oblast. Charges: Article 207.3 part 2 item d, Russian Criminal Code (Dissemination of false information about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, government…); “Roman Ivanov's case of "fakes" about the Russian Armed Forces”. Sentenced on July 11, 2023. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since April 12, 2023; place of detention: Penal colony No. 6, Moscow Oblast. Recognition: Amnesty International — recognised as a prisoner of conscience, November 14, 2023; Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, April 11, 2023.
In brief
Moscow Oblast · Korolev · Journalists · Anti-war cases
Sentence
7 years
Ban on activity, Imprisonment (general regime)
Upheld May 13, 2025
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 criminal case is based on a publication regarding bodies discovered in the Kiev region following the withdrawal of Russian troops, another publication concerning a UN report detailing the humanitarian situation in Ukraine, and a news article featuring Sergei Shoigu's statement regarding Russia's missile shortage.
Latest event
August 29, 2025 — imprisonment begins
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as a prisoner of conscience — Amnesty International, November 14, 2023
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, April 11, 2023
FACTUM stories
October 3, 2026
RusNews journalist Roman Ivanov, who is serving a seven-year sentence at Penal Colony No. 6 in Kolomna over three posts about the war, has been placed in a punishment cell for 14 days. The reason for the disciplinary measure has not been made public. According to his lawyer, the prison administration plans to move Ivanov to stricter conditions of detention after he leaves SHIZO.
Timeline
· Imprisonment begins
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Republic of Bashkortostan
· Preventive measure: transfer between facilities
· Recognised as a prisoner of conscience
Amnesty International
· First-instance verdict
upheld · 7 years
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Moscow Oblast
· Persecution begins
Roman Ivanov's case of "fakes" about the Russian Armed Forces
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
Criminal case
Roman Ivanov's case of "fakes" about the Russian Armed Forces
- Case number
- 1-512/2023
Thematic group: Anti-war case
Write a letter
Facility: Penal colony No. 6, Moscow Oblast
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
140405 Московская область, г. Коломна, мкр. Колычево, Колычевский проезд д. 6, ФКУ «ИК № 6 УФСИН по Московской области», Иванов Роман Викторович, 1973 г.р.
Details and sources
Full summary
On the morning of 11 April 2023, Ivanov, a RusNews journalist, was subjected to a search during which law enforcement officers forcibly entered his premises, causing damage to the door and part of the wall. It later emerged that three criminal cases were filed against Ivanov under the provision concerning dissemination of "fakes" about the Russian army with the intent of inciting political hatred (paragraph e of Article 207.3 Part 2 of the Criminal Code), based on three posts on his Telegram channel "Chestnoye Korolyovskoye!". The cases were consolidated the same day, and Ivanov was formally charged. The following day, the court ordered his detention. On April 20, Ivanov was included in the register of those who "study, profess, or disseminate extremist ideology", a decision of which he was not notified—he was neither summoned to the commission meeting nor informed about the decision. He learned of this fact only at the end of July. In September, Ivanov's lawyer reported that during a search of his client's cell, materials related to Ivanov's criminal case were confiscated, hindering his ability to prepare for trial. On 6 March 2024, Ivanov was sentenced to seven years in a medium-security prison.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
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