Ivan Petrov
Ivan Petrov, Mari El. Charges: Article 207.3 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Dissemination of false information about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, government…); “The case of Ivan Petrov on "fakes" about the RF Armed Forces”. Sentence (December 24, 2024): 2 years of forced labour. Status: at large. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, February 24, 2025.
In brief
Mari El · NULL · Anti-war cases
Sentence
2 years of forced labour
Upheld August 6, 2025
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 investigators, in November 2023, Petrov posted comments containing knowingly false information about the actions of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in a public community in one of the social networks under the publication dedicated to the installation of a memorial plaque to a serviceman killed in the zone of a special military operation.
Latest event
August 6, 2025 — cassation
The court upheld the verdict.
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, February 24, 2025
Timeline
· Cassation ruling
upheld
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict
Criminal case
The case of Ivan Petrov on "fakes" about the RF Armed Forces
- Case number
- 1-187/2024
Thematic group: Anti-war case
Details and sources
Full summary
A resident of Volzhsk (Mari El Republic). A case was brought against him for disseminating knowingly false information about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. In November 2024, the case went to court. On December 24, 2024 Petrov was sentenced to two years of forced labour.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
- Place of detention
- Open prison colony No. 7, Mari El
Other people prosecuted under Article 207.3 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.