Sergei Lopatin
Sergei Lopatin, born 1996, 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…); “Sergei Lopatin's case of "fakes" about the Russian Armed Forces”. Status: not in Russia.
In brief
Moscow · Moscow · Teachers · Anti-war cases
Sentence
No information about a verdict.
Preventive measure: arrest in absentia since September 24, 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 case was initiated because of a post on VKontakte about the crimes of the Russian army in Bucha.
Latest event
September 24, 2025 — preventive measure: arrest in absentia
Timeline
· Preventive measure: arrest in absentia
· Persecution begins
Sergei Lopatin's case of "fakes" about the Russian Armed Forces
Criminal case
Sergei Lopatin's case of "fakes" about the Russian Armed Forces
- Case number
- 01-0161/2026
Thematic group: Anti-war case
Details and sources
Full summary
Resident of Moscow, author of the course "Biology of War". Worked as a school biology teacher. After picketing with a placard "I was taught as a child: "There should be no war". Now I'm the teacher. And I don't know what to say to my pupils" he was fined and dismissed from the school. And after participating in a rally against mobilisation, he was arrested for 13 days and dismissed from another school. After that, Lopatin left Russia.
In 2024, a case was brought against him for spreading "fakes" about the Armed Forces because of his post about the events in the Ukrainian city of Bucha.
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.