Solim Kamina
Solim Kamina, born 1989, 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…); Article 280.4 part 2 items v, d, Russian Criminal Code; “Solim Kamin's case of "fake news" about the Russian Armed Forces and calls to surrender as prisoners of war”. Sentence (November 25, 2025): 8 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony and a ban on administering internat profiles for 4 years and 6 months. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since April 1, 2026; place of detention: Pre-trial detention centre No. 1, Kirov Oblast. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, November 6, 2024.
In brief
Moscow · Moscow · Anti-war cases
Sentence
8 years
imprisonment in a general regime colony and a ban on administering internat profiles for 4 years and 6 months
Upheld March 4, 2026
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)
- Article 280.4 part 2 items v, d, Russian Criminal Code
Full wording of the charges
The ground for initiating a case of "fake news" was a publication on VKontakte about a strike on Uman with a reference to Ukrainian officials and comments to it. The ground for initiating a case of calls for activities against the security of the Russian Federation was the publication of an image with contacts of the movement "I want to live" on VKontakte
Latest event
April 1, 2026 — imprisonment begins
Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Kirov Oblast
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, November 6, 2024
Timeline
· Imprisonment begins
Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Kirov Oblast
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 8 years
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
· Persecution begins
Solim Kamin's case of "fake news" about the Russian Armed Forces and calls to surrender as prisoners of war
Criminal case
Solim Kamin's case of "fake news" about the Russian Armed Forces and calls to surrender as prisoners of war
- Case number
- 01-0274/2025
Thematic group: Anti-war case
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Facility: Pre-trial detention centre No. 1, Kirov Oblast
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
610004, Кировская область, г. Киров, ул. Мопра, д.1.,, ФКУ СИЗО-1 УФСИН России по Кировской области, Камина Солим Абалович, 1989 г.р.
Details and sources
Full summary
Resident of Moscow. On 7 October 2024, his house was search as part of a case on dissemination of knowingly false information about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. A stun gun was used on him. The next day, the court sent Kamina to custody. In January 2025, Kamin was also charged with calls against the security of the Russian Federation. According to the investigation, he called on servicemen to surrender, which was expressed in the publication of an image with contacts of the movement "I Want to Live". On 25 November 2025, he was sentenced to eight years in a general regime colony.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
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