Vladimir Milov
Vladimir Milov, born 1972, 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…); “Vladimir Milov's case about "fakes" about the Russian Armed Forces”. Sentence (November 16, 2023): 8 years imprisonment in absentia. Status: not in Russia.
In brief
Moscow · Moscow · Bloggers, Politicians · Anti-war cases, Cases against "foreign agents"
Sentence
8 years
imprisonment in absentia
Upheld April 9, 2024
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 reason for the prosecution was the video "Putin's Crimes" on the Navalny Live channel.
Latest event
May 21, 2026 — added to the rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
Timeline
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 8 years
· Preventive measure: arrest in absentia
· Persecution begins
Vladimir Milov's case about "fakes" about the Russian Armed Forces
· Added to the register of “foreign agents”
Criminal case
Vladimir Milov's case about "fakes" about the Russian Armed Forces
- Case number
- 01-0585/2023
Thematic group: Anti-war case
Details and sources
Full summary
Opposition politician, supporter of Alexei Navalny. Former Deputy Minister of Energy. Left Russia in 2021. In the summer of 2022, a case was opened against him for disseminating deliberately false information about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. On 16 November 2023, sentenced in absentia to eight years in prison.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
- Preventive measures
- arrest in absentia
Other people prosecuted under Article 207.3 part 2 item d, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.