Andrei Lugovoi
Andrei Lugovoi, born 1992, Kaliningrad 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…); “Andrei Lugovoi's case of "fakes" about the Russian Armed Forces”. Sentence (September 19, 2024): 6 years in a general-regime penal colony, with a ban on administering websites for 4 years. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since December 26, 2023; place of detention: Penal colony No. 8, Kaliningrad Oblast. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, January 26, 2024.
In brief
Kaliningrad Oblast · NULL · Anti-war cases
Sentence
6 years
in a general-regime penal colony, with a ban on administering websites for 4 years.
Upheld October 16, 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 grounds for opening the case was a post on Telegram containing information about shelling on Ukrainian territory, killings, and crimes against civilians.
Latest event
October 16, 2025 — cassation
The court upheld the verdict.
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, January 26, 2024
Timeline
· Cassation ruling
upheld
· Imprisonment begins
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 6 years
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Kaliningrad Oblast
· Persecution begins
Andrei Lugovoi's case of "fakes" about the Russian Armed Forces
· Preventive measure: placement in a temporary detention facility
Criminal case
Andrei Lugovoi's case of "fakes" about the Russian Armed Forces
- Case number
- 1-55/2024
Thematic group: Anti-war case
Write a letter
Facility: Penal colony No. 8, Kaliningrad Oblast
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
236010, г. Калининград, проспект Победы, д. 205, ИК-8., ФКУ «ИК № 8 УФСИН России по Калининградской области», Луговой Андрей Вадимович, 1992 г.р.
Details and sources
Full summary
Resident of Pionerskii town (Kaliningrad region). On December 26, 2023, he was detained after a search, and on December 28 he was taken into custody in a case over the dissemination of “fakes” about the army, stemming from a certain post on Telegram. On September 19, 2024, the court sentenced Lugovoi to six years in a general-regime penal colony.
Other people prosecuted under Article 207.3 part 2 item d, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.