Pavel Muntean
Pavel Muntean, born 1978, 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…); “Pavel Muntean's case of "fakes" about the Russian Armed Forces”. Sentence (September 6, 2024): 8 years' deprivation of liberty in absentia with a ban on administering Internet pages for 3 years. Status: not in Russia.
In brief
Moscow · Moscow · Artists · Anti-war cases, Cases against "foreign agents"
Sentence
8 years
deprivation of liberty in absentia with a ban on administering Internet pages for 3 years
Upheld June 3, 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)
Latest event
June 3, 2025 — cassation
The court upheld the verdict.
Timeline
· Cassation ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 8 years
· Preventive measure: arrest in absentia
· Added to the register of “foreign agents”
· Persecution begins
Pavel Muntean's case of "fakes" about the Russian Armed Forces
Criminal case
Pavel Muntean's case of "fakes" about the Russian Armed Forces
- Case number
- 01-0529/2024
Thematic group: Anti-war case
Details and sources
Full summary
Cartoonist, author of the Mr. Freeman series. In April 2023, he was added to the register of "foreign agents". At that time, the Ministry of Justice explained this decision by the fact that the cartoonist "participated in fundraising in support of Ukraine." On October 18, it became known that Muntyan had been charged with disseminating deliberately false information about the Russian Armed Forces. On September 6, 2024, he was 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.