Nikolay Lenitsky
- Criminal Code
- Article 207.3 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
- Verdict
- Ban on activity, Imprisonment (general regime)
- Sentence
- 6 years 10 months
- Date of verdict
- 2025-08-10
- Region
- Occupied territory of Khersonska oblast
Recognition by human rights organisations
- Recognised as a political prisonerby Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, 31 October 2025
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Case summary
A resident of the village of Velyka Lepetyha in the Russian-occupied part of the Kherson region of Ukraine. In August 2025, the Federal Security Service reported that he was sentenced to seven years in a general-regime penal colony in the case of spreading "fake news" about the Russian army.
The reason for the prosecution was a video posted on his personal page on one of the social networks, which claimed that the Russian military had bombed a village in the Bryansk region to discredit Ukraine, resulting in numerous civilian casualties. Law enforcement authorities insist that this information is false.
Others charged under Article 207.3 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
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