Andrey Novashov
Andrey Novashov, born 1977, Kemerovo Oblast. Charges: Article 207.3 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Dissemination of false information about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, government…); “Andrei Novashov's case of "fakes" about the activities of the Russian Armed Forces on the territory of Ukraine”. Sentence (March 6, 2023): 8 months of corrective labour and a one-year publication prohibition. Status: not in Russia.
In brief
Kemerovo Oblast · Kemerovo · Journalists · Anti-war cases, Cases against "foreign agents"
Sentence
8 months of corrective labour and a one-year publication prohibition
Upheld March 5, 2024
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 published a translated account by advisor to the mayor of Mariupol Pyotr Andryushchenko about the siege of the city, and also made four publications, in one of which he "substituted the goal and objectives of the Russian Armed Forces", as he indicated "the violent nature of the actions of the Russian Armed Forces" instead of writing that they "protect the interests of the Russian Federation and its citizens through demilitarisation and denazification of Ukraine".
Latest event
January 31, 2025 — added to the register of “foreign agents”
Timeline
· Added to the register of “foreign agents”
· Cassation ruling
upheld
· Persecution ends
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict
· Persecution begins
Andrei Novashov's case of "fakes" about the activities of the Russian Armed Forces on the territory of Ukraine
Criminal case
Andrei Novashov's case of "fakes" about the activities of the Russian Armed Forces on the territory of Ukraine
- Case number
- 1-37/2023 (1-317/2022;)
Thematic group: Anti-war case
Details and sources
Full summary
A journalist from Prokopyevsk. A case was brought against him for spreading knowingly false information about the Armed Forces. The court chose a preventive measure in the form of a prohibition on certain actions: in particular, Novashov was forbidden to use the telephone and the Internet. Later, the restrictions were tightened, prohibiting him from communicating with correspondents of Sibir.Realii and Taiga.info. On 6 March 2023, Novashov was sentenced to eight months of corrective labour. On 13 March 2024, Novashov was searched, reasons unknown. On 31 January 2025, Novashov was included in the register of "foreign agents".
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
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