Ramazan Mkhtse
- Criminal Code
- Article 207.3 part 2 item d, Russian Criminal CodeArticle 280.4 part 2 items v, d, Russian Criminal Code
- Case category
- Anti-war cases
- Verdict
- Imprisonment (in absentia)
- Sentence
- 8 years
- Date of verdict
- 2025-12-02
- Region
- Karachay-Cherkessia
- City
- Cherkessk
Case summary
Resident of Cherkessk, left Russia. Lawyer, member of organisations involved in the preservation of the Abazi ethnos. He spoke out against the war. He was prosecuted for spreading deliberately false information about the Russian Armed Forces because of a video on his YouTube channel entitled "It's time to change something! No to War!", published in February 2023.
In September 2025, the case went to court. On 2 December, the court sentenced Mkhtse in absentia to eight years in a general regime colony.
In April 2026, a new case against Mkhtse was brought to court - again for disseminating knowingly false information about the Russian Armed Forces, as well as for calling for activities against the security of the Russian Federation.
Others charged under Article 207.3 part 2 item d, Russian Criminal Code
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