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Pavel Pekpaev

At largeChecked October 18, 2026

Pavel Pekpaev, born 1976, Mari El. Charges: Article 207.3 part 2 item d, Russian Criminal Code (Dissemination of false information about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, government…); “Pavel Pekpayev's case about deliberately false information the RF Armed Forces”, opened on January 1, 2023. Sentence (August 4, 2023): 5 years 6 months' deprivation of liberty in a general regime penal colony; previously convicted under Article 354.1 part 1, Russian Criminal Code. Status: at large. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, September 7, 2023.

In brief

Mari El · Yoshkar-Ola · Bloggers · Anti-war cases

Sentence

5 years 6 months

deprivation of liberty in a general regime penal colony

Verdict August 4, 2023

Upheld October 9, 2023

Other verdicts

  • July 2, 2020 — Fine

Charges

  • Article 354.1 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Denial of facts, justification of crimes, and dissemination of false information about the Second World War
  • 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, he publicly denied the facts established by the verdict of the International Military Tribunal for the trial and punishment of the main war criminals of the European Axis countries, approval of the crimes established by the said verdict, and dissemination of deliberately false information about the activities of the USSR during the Second World War by posting the following materials on his personal page: - a video file with the title "POBEDOBESIE (must be watched in Russia)" (POBEDOBESIE - Victory madness); - the text of the article, beginning with the words "I'll tell you: can we do it again?" and ending with the words "... anything has never led to anything good"; - a video file labelled "We can do it again..."; - a video file with the title "St. George's Ribbon: Why Russians were forced to wear fascist signs"; - video file with the title "Veteran tells the truth about the war and Stalin"; - a video file with the title "Was there a victory"; - a video file with the title "Where grandfathers fought and why the Banderites shot them in the back"; - the text of the article, beginning with the words: "The artificial blockade of Leningrad: the myth is debunked, it was favourable to the criminal USSR authorities..." and ending with the words: "This means that the authorities of our country have the experience of inhuman anti-peoples decisions and many years of lying to their citizens"; - the text of the article: "A fascinating fact about the civil war of 1941-1945", "The 1941-45 war was an internal civil conflict in the USSR. The Germans simply supported Vlasov's army and Krasnov's Cossacks"; - video file with the title "This day we were bringing closer as we could ..."; - video file with the title "Wild scream in the Kremlin. The German magazine put to shame Moscow paper-makers"; - the text of the article, beginning with the words "victories m.i. victories - ..." and ending with the words "...in substantial legal and technical readiness and linguistic revision", containing false information about the activities of the USSR during World War II; - a video file with the title "The Truth about Lend-Lisa, which is hidden in Russia"; - an audio recording with the title "Mikhail Elizarov - SS lyric"; as well as posting a comment in the VKontakte social network group, beginning with the words: "Is he threatening? Some pathetic endeavours..." and ending with the words "You shouldn't have helped, oh you shouldn't have...".

Latest event

October 20, 2026 — case status changed

Became known October 20, 2026 · checked October 18, 2026

Recognition by rights defenders

Timeline

  1. · Appeal ruling

    upheld

  2. · Recognised as a political prisoner

    Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners

  3. · First-instance verdict

    guilty verdict · 5 years 6 months

  4. · Criminal case opened

    Pavel Pekpayev's case about deliberately false information the RF Armed Forces

  5. · First-instance verdict

    guilty verdict

  6. · First-instance verdict

    upheld

Criminal case

Pavel Pekpayev's case about deliberately false information the RF Armed Forces

Case number
1-483/2023

There are no other defendants in this case in the database.

Thematic group: Anti-war case

Pavel Pekpaev's case on the rehabilitation of Nazism

There are no other defendants in this case in the database.

Details and sources

Full summary

According to OVD-Info

A resident of Yoshkar-Ola. A case of justification of Nazism was initiated against him because of several videos and other materials published at Vkontakte, Pekpaev was released on personal recognizance. On 12 May 2020 the court dismissed the case, the court of appellate instance approved the decision, but on 22 April 2021 the court of cassation cancelled it and returned the case into prosecutor's office. On 1 October Pekpaev was sentenced to 180 thousand roubles fine.

On 4 August 2023 Pekpaev was sentenced to 5 years and six months in general regime penal colony in a case of public dissemination of deliberately false information about the use of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.

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Citizenship
Russia
Persecution episodes
2
Sources (1)

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