Petr Mylnikov
Petr Mylnikov, born 1977, Zabaykalsky Krai. Charges: Article 207.3 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Dissemination of false information about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, government…); “Petr Mylnikov's case on "fakes" about the activities of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in Ukraine in the Zabaikalsky region”. Sentence (May 30, 2022): a fine of 1,000,000 roubles. Status: at large.
In brief
Zabaykalsky Krai · Entrepreneurs · Anti-war cases
Sentence
a fine of 1,000,000 roubles
Upheld July 27, 2022
Charges
- Article 207.3 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Dissemination of false information about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, government agencies, or mercenaries
Full wording of the charges
According to the investigation, he twice published "knowingly false information under the guise of truthful information" in the public group "We live on the ruins", of which he was the administrator, in one of the messengers.
Latest event
October 20, 2026 — case status changed
Timeline
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict
· Persecution ends
· Persecution begins
Petr Mylnikov's case on "fakes" about the activities of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in Ukraine in the Zabaikalsky region
Criminal case
Petr Mylnikov's case on "fakes" about the activities of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in Ukraine in the Zabaikalsky region
Thematic group: Anti-war case
Details and sources
Full summary
Resident of the Zabaykalskiy Kray region. Civil activist, worked as head of the heating network under the Ministry of Defence. A case was brought against him for dissemination of knowingly false information about the Russian Armed Forces. On 30 May 2022 Mylnikov was sentenced to a fine of one million rubles.
In November 2024, Mylnikov was searched. He was taken into custody on charges of participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation due to his involvement in the Artpodgotovka movement. The reason for the case was Mylnikov's participation in chats and agitation in support of the movement in 2020-2021, as well as receiving "revcoins" for participation in the Artpodgotovka's action in Moscow on 5 November 2017.
On 24 December 2025, the court sentenced him to 15 years in prison, three of which he must serve in prison and the remaining term in a strict regime colony.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 207.3 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.