Ruben Pogosyan
Ruben Pogosyan, born 1972, Karelia. Charges: Article 207.3 part 2 item d, Russian Criminal Code (Dissemination of false information about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, government…); “Ruben Poghosyan's case of “fakes” about the Russian Armed Forces”. Sentence (February 29, 2024): 6 years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since February 29, 2024; place of detention: Penal colony No. 1, Karelia. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, March 29, 2024.
In brief
Karelia · Petrozavodsk · Entrepreneurs · Anti-war cases
Sentence
6 years
imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony
Upheld April 8, 2025
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 criminal case was reposting publications about the events in Bucha, Mariupol, and Kramatorsk on VKontakte. Poghosyan was initially prosecuted under Part 1 of the article on the dissemination of "fakes", but later charged with dissemination of fakes motivated by political hatred (point "e" of Part 2 of Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code).
Latest event
April 8, 2025 — cassation
The court upheld the verdict.
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, March 29, 2024
Timeline
· Cassation ruling
upheld
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 6 years
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Republic of Karelia
· Preventive measure: ban on certain activities
· Persecution begins
Ruben Poghosyan's case of “fakes” about the Russian Armed Forces
Criminal case
Ruben Poghosyan's case of “fakes” about the Russian Armed Forces
- Case number
- 1-994/2023
Thematic group: Anti-war case
Write a letter
Facility: Penal colony No. 1, Karelia
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
186430, Карелия, Сегежский район, пос. Надвоицы, ул. Карельская д. 18, ФКУ «ИК № 1 УФСИН России по Республике Карелия», Погосян Рубен Размикович, 1972 г.р.
Details and sources
Full summary
The resident of Petrozavodsk. In August 2022, he was detained after a search in the case of "fakes" about the Armed Forces. He said that during the search in the case of "fakes", officers put a gun to his neck. The court chose a measure of restraint in the form of prohibition of certain actions. On 29 February 2024, Pogosyan was sentenced to six years in strict regime penal colony.
Previously, Pogosyan had served his sentence in different penal colonies in Karelia. He said that he was subjected to torture. A criminal case was initiated against the staff of Penal colony 9.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
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