Sergey Nevorotin
Sergey Nevorotin, born 1966, Tver Oblast. Charges: Article 207.3 part 2 item d, Russian Criminal Code (Dissemination of false information about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, government…); “The case of "fakes" about the RF Armed Forces in Bezhetsk”. Sentence (December 28, 2023): 6 years of imprisonment in a general-regime penal colony, along with a prohibition on engaging in activities related to… Status: deceased. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, December 13, 2023.
In brief
Tver Oblast · Bezhetsk · Athletes · Anti-war cases
Sentence
6 years
of imprisonment in a general-regime penal colony, along with a prohibition on engaging in activities related to the administration of websites in electronic and information-telecommunication networks, including the Internet, for a period of 3 years.
Upheld February 22, 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
According to the investigation: - 18 March 2022: He reposted a video titled Arnold Schwarzenegger. A Message to the Russian People on his VKontakte page. The video contained information alleging that the Russian Armed Forces, using artillery, destroyed entire sections of a city, including a children's hospital and a maternity ward, and that they targeted civilians, schools, hospitals, and homes. - 10 May 2022: On the page of the group he administered, Gym at DOSAAF (Bezhetsk) on VKontakte, he reposted a YouTube video titled The Complete Destruction of Russian Propaganda. The video claimed that the Russian Armed Forces completely destroyed Ukrainian cities, killed Ukrainian civilians (including children) and soldiers, executed residents of Ukraine by tying their hands behind their backs, raped civilians, destroyed Anna Ivanovna Ivanova's home, and nearly completely destroyed the city of Mariupol using firearms and aerial bombs, while also damaging residents' vehicles. - 18 May 2022: On the same group page, he reposted a YouTube video titled War. Day 84. The Third Phase of the War/Catastrophic Losses of Russian Equipment/Cannon Fodder from Soldiers. The video alleged that the Russian Armed Forces carried out explosions in Lviv, launched missile strikes on the village of Desna in Chernihiv Oblast, resulting in deaths and injuries, dropped four bombs using the Orlan multi-functional unmanned aerial system on Donbas, and conducted missile and airstrikes on territories deep inside Ukraine. - 18 May 2022: On his personal VKontakte page, he reposted a video titled Bucha After the Invasion of zombies and Mercenaries for Money #2022. The video accused the Russian Armed Forces of destroying houses and vehicles, stealing personal belongings, damaging property, killing civilians in Bucha, and threatening to kill a civilian in the city. - 20 May 2022: On the Gym at DOSAAF (Bezhetsk) group page, he reposted a video titled New Video Evidence of Russian War Crimes in Bucha Has Emerged. The video alleged that the Russian Armed Forces killed civilians in Bucha who were wearing civilian clothing. - 26 May 2022: On the same group page, he reposted a YouTube video titled Blogger Zolkin, Who Conducted 200 Interviews with Russian POWs. What's in the Minds and Hearts of the Occupiers. The video claimed that, as of the recording date, the Russian Armed Forces had suffered about 30,000 casualties during the special military operation in Ukraine, that they shelled soldiers from the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) and Luhansk People's Republic (LPR) after these soldiers completed their assigned tasks, and that they committed mass killings and rapes of Ukrainian civilians, causing them physical and emotional suffering. It also accused a Russian Armed Forces pilot, Krasnoyartsev, of shooting a civilian in Ukraine and claimed the Armed Forces destroyed all high-rise buildings in the Northern Saltivka district of Kharkiv using missiles and bombs.
Latest event
September 4, 2024 — imprisonment ends
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, December 13, 2023
Timeline
· Imprisonment ends
· Persecution ends
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 6 years
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
· Persecution begins
The case of "fakes" about the RF Armed Forces in Bezhetsk
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Tver Oblast
Criminal case
The case of "fakes" about the RF Armed Forces in Bezhetsk
- Case number
- 1-186/2023
Thematic group: Anti-war case
Details and sources
Full summary
A resident of Bezhetsk (Tver Region), worked as a powerlifting coach. A case was opened against him for dissemination of knowingly false information about the Russian Armed Forces. No later than August 2023, a decision was made to take him into custody. On 28 December 2023, Nevorotin was sentenced to six years in a general regime colony.
On 4 September 2024, Nevorotin was released from serving his sentence due to his state of health, he went free. In January 2025, he died in hospital after approximately two weeks of sedation.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 207.3 part 2 item d, Russian Criminal Code
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