Ramazan Mkhtse
Ramazan Mkhtse, born 1987, Karachay-Cherkessia. Charges: Article 207.3 part 2 item d, Russian Criminal Code (Dissemination of false information about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, government…); “Ramazan Mkhtse's case of "fakes" about the Russian Armed Forces”. Sentence (December 2, 2025): 8 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony, in absentia. Status: not in Russia.
In brief
Karachay-Cherkessia · Cherkessk · Lawyers · Anti-war cases
Sentence
8 years
imprisonment in a general regime colony, in absentia
No information about an appeal ruling.
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)
- Article 280.4 part 2 items v, d, Russian Criminal Code
Full wording of the charges
In the court's opinion, on 21st of February, 2023, acting on the grounds of political hatred, with the aim of forming a negative attitude towards the actions of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation and state bodies in general on the territory of Ukraine during the special military operation, M. posted a video intended for viewing by an unlimited number of persons on the Internet, namely on the video hosting site YouTube (banned in the territory of the Russian Federation), with the title "It's time to change something! No to war!", accompanied by his knowingly false oral statements.
Latest event
December 2, 2025 — first-instance verdict
The court delivered a guilty verdict: 8 years.
Timeline
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 8 years
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
Criminal case
Ramazan Mkhce's case of “fake news” about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation and calls for activities aimed against the security of the Russian Federation
- Case number
- 1-348/2026
Thematic group: Anti-war case
Ramazan Mkhtse's case of "fakes" about the Russian Armed Forces
- Case number
- 1-549/2025
Thematic group: Anti-war case
Details and sources
Full 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.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
- Persecution episodes
- 2
Other people prosecuted under Article 207.3 part 2 item d, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.