Sergei Lintsov
Sergei Lintsov, born 1984, Saint Petersburg. 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 of "fakes" about the Russian Armed Forces in St. Petersburg”. Sentence (January 21, 2025): 5 years of imprisonment in a general regime colony with deprivation of the right to engage in activities related to the… Status: imprisoned; place of detention: Penal colony No. 5, Saint Petersburg and Leningrad Oblast. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, December 22, 2023.
In brief
Saint Petersburg · Saint Petersburg · Former military personnel, Medical workers · Anti-war cases
Sentence
5 years
of imprisonment in a general regime colony with deprivation of the right to engage in activities related to the administration of sites on electronic or information and telecommunications networks, including the Internet, for a period of 3 years
First instance, September 27, 2024: 4 years
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 case concerns a specific video. There are reports of a former serviceman who, according to investigators, created a Telegram channel after the start of the war. In this channel, the serviceman allegedly spoke about crimes committed by the Russian Armed Forces in Ukraine. It is believed that this serviceman was Lintsov. The channel reportedly had 140 subscribers.
Latest event
January 21, 2025 — appeal
The court changed the sentence to 5 years.
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, December 22, 2023
Timeline
· Appeal ruling
sentence changed · 5 years
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 4 years
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
· Persecution begins
The case of "fakes" about the Russian Armed Forces in St. Petersburg
Criminal case
The case of "fakes" about the Russian Armed Forces in St. Petersburg
- Case number
- 1-123/2024
Thematic group: Anti-war case
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Facility: Penal colony No. 5, Saint Petersburg and Leningrad Oblast
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
196641, Санкт-Петербург,поселок Металлострой, Северный проезд, 1, ФКУ «ИК № 5 УФСИН России по Санкт-Петербургу и Ленинградской области», Линцов Сергей Владимирович, 1984 г.р.
Details and sources
Full summary
A resident of St. Petersburg. Allegedly, Lintsov served as the deputy chief doctor at the Leningrad Regional Oncological Dispensary and had ties to the Velikoe Otechestvo party (Great Fatherland party). He spent six years in the Russian army, reportedly resigning with difficulty in 2013.
Since September 2023, Lintsov has been in custody on charges of spreading deliberately false information about the Russian Armed Forces. On 27 September 2024, he was sentenced to four years in a general regime penal colony. However, on 21 January 2025, an appeal court extended his sentence by a year.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
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