Vladimir Osechkin
Vladimir Osechkin, born 1981, 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…); “Vladimir Osechkin's case of "fakes" about the Russian Armed Forces”. Sentence (February 28, 2025): 20 years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony. Status: not in Russia.
In brief
Moscow · Moscow · Human rights defenders · Anti-war cases, Cases against "foreign agents"
Sentence
8 years
20 years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony
No information about an appeal ruling.
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
The reason for the prosecution was: - the stream on the YouTube channel Gulagu.net on 8 March 2022 "War in Ukraine and recent events in Russia and the world. Insider info from a source in the intelligence services. Prospects", - the stream on the YouTube channel of Ukrainian journalist Tatiana Popova on 11 March 2022 "The 16th day of war", - the speech on the Ukrainian YouTube channel Freedom.Live on 20 November 2022 "Putin exterminates the population of two countries at the same time - Osechkin".
Latest event
February 28, 2025 — first-instance verdict
The court delivered a guilty verdict: 8 years.
Timeline
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 8 years
· Preventive measure: arrest in absentia
· Added to the register of “foreign agents”
· Persecution begins
Vladimir Osechkin's case of "fakes" about the Russian Armed Forces
Criminal case
Vladimir Osechkin's case of "fakes" about the Russian Armed Forces
- Case number
- 01-0145/2025 (01-1054/2024)
Thematic group: Anti-war case
Details and sources
Full summary
Human rights defender, founder of the prisoner assistance project Gulagu.net. In 2020, a court in Moscow arrested Osechkin in absentia in a case of fraud committed by a group of persons or causing significant damage. The human rights defender is on the wanted list. In September 2022, Osechkin said that someone tried to kill him in the French city of Biarritz. According to him, the assassination attempt was prepared by "a person closely linked to the FSB and organised crime". Osechkin said "there were shots fired" but he was not hit. In January 2023 he was recognised as a "foreign agent". On 28 February 2025, Osechkin was sentenced in absentia to eight years in the case of "fakes" about the Russian Armed Forces.
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.