Ivan Kavinov
Ivan Kavinov, born 1990, Vladimir 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…); “The case on "fakes" about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in Kovrov”. Sentence (May 26, 2023): 3 years' imprisonement in a general regime penal colony. Status: at large. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, June 6, 2023.
In brief
Vladimir Oblast · Kovrov · Anti-war cases
Sentence
3 years
imprisonement in a general regime penal colony
No information about an appeal ruling.
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
According to the investigation, Kavinov published at least seven posts in a Telegram channel containing deliberately false information about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.
Latest event
November 1, 2025 — imprisonment ends
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, June 6, 2023
Timeline
· Imprisonment ends
· Persecution ends
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 3 years
· Persecution begins
The case on "fakes" about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in Kovrov
Criminal case
The case on "fakes" about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in Kovrov
- Case number
- 1-147/2023
Thematic group: Anti-war case
Details and sources
Full summary
Resident of Kovrov (Vladimir region). In November 2022, taken into custody on the case of dissemination of deliberately false information about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. On 26 May, 2023, he was sentenced to three years in a strict regime colony. The severity of the punishment is apparently explained by the fact that this is not his first criminal case. In February 2012, Kavinov was sentenced to nine years in a strict regime prison colony in a robbery case, taking into account the punishment for the sentence handed down in September 2010. Presumably, he was released in November 2025.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 207.3 part 2 item d, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.