Ilya Novikov
Ilya Novikov, born 1982, 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…); “Ilya Novikov's case of "fakes" about the RF Armed Forces”. Sentenced on June 11, 2024. Status: not in Russia.
In brief
Moscow · Moscow · Defence attorneys, Lawyers · Anti-war cases, Cases against "foreign agents"
Sentence
8 years 6 months
Ban on activity, Imprisonment (in absentia)
No information about an appeal ruling.
Charges
- Article 275, Russian Criminal Code — Treason against the state
- 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 was an interview on YouTube, in which the lawyer speaks about the involvement of the Russian army in the killings of civilians in Bucha. "The expertise also found that Novikov's statements contain a motive of political hatred and enmity, including that towards representatives of Russia's supreme governing bodies," TASS quoted its source.
Latest event
July 25, 2024 — added to the rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
Timeline
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 8 years 6 months
· Preventive measure: arrest in absentia
· Criminal case opened
Ilya Novikov's treason case
· Persecution begins
Ilya Novikov's case of "fakes" about the RF Armed Forces
· Added to the register of “foreign agents”
Criminal case
Ilya Novikov's case of "fakes" about the RF Armed Forces
- Case number
- 01-0179/2024
Thematic group: Anti-war case
Ilya Novikov's treason case
Details and sources
Full summary
A lawyer. Since 2019, Novikov has been living and working in Ukraine. Novikov repeatedly spoke out against the war. He is wanted in a case of spreading deliberately false information about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. On 30 May 2023, the Moscow Bar Association deprived Novikov of the status of a lawyer. In October 2023, it was reported that a case of high treason (article 275 of the Criminal Code) was started against Novikov. On 11 June 2024, Novikov was sentenced in absentia to eight and a half years in the case of "fakes" about the RF Armed Forces. In July 2024, Novikov was included in the list of Rosfinmonitoring with the same mark that is given to people who are prosecuted under "terrorist" articles.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
- Preventive measures
- arrest in absentia
- Persecution episodes
- 2
Other people prosecuted under Article 207.3 part 2 item d, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.