October 20, 2026, 12:08 PMRSSRU

Alexander Pogudin

At largeChecked October 18, 2026

Alexander Pogudin, Udmurtia. Charges: Article 207 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Knowingly false reporting of an impending terrorist act (motivated by hooliganism)); “Case of a false report about the bombing of a military recruitment centre in Izhevsk”. Sentence (July 18, 2023): 1 year 4 months of restriction of freedom, release from execution of punishment. Status: at large.

In brief

Udmurtia · Izhevsk · Anti-war cases

Sentence

1 year 4 months of restriction of freedom, release from execution of punishment

Verdict July 18, 2023

No information about an appeal ruling.

Charges

Full wording of the charges

According to the investigation, Pogudin left an empty bottle with a note outside of a military recruitment office. Initially it was reported that the note contained some text against mobilization, but later it turned out that the note contained the intention to blow up the recruitment office. At first Pogudin was charged with knowingly false report of explosion and arson to destabilize the authorities (Part 3 of Article 207 of the Criminal Code), but then it became known that he was charged with knowingly false report of an explosion of an object of social infrastructure (Part 2 of Article 207 of the Criminal Code). The court reclassified the charge to Part 1 of Article 207 of the Criminal Code since a military recruitment office is not an object of social infrastructure.

Latest event

July 19, 2023 — preventive measure: travel ban (written undertaking)

Checked October 18, 2026 · no changes since October 15

Timeline

  1. · Preventive measure: travel ban (written undertaking)

  2. · First-instance verdict

    guilty verdict, released from serving the sentence

  3. · Preventive measure: ban on certain activities

  4. · Persecution ends

  5. · Preventive measure: pre-trial detention

  6. · Persecution begins

    Case of a false report about the bombing of a military recruitment centre in Izhevsk

Criminal case

Case of a false report about the bombing of a military recruitment centre in Izhevsk

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

Thematic group: Anti-war case

Details and sources

Full summary

According to OVD-Info

On September 29th, 2022, Alexander left an empty bottle with a note inside it next to a military recruiting office. At first, it was reported that the note contained a certain message opposing the mobilization, but later it turned out that the note was about the intention to blow up the recruiting office. After his arrest, Pogudin said that he aimed to frighten the office employees and thus put a stop to the moblization. Pogudin was detained. In April, 2023, the measure of restriction for him was changed to prohibition of certain actions. On July 19th, 2023, Pogudin was sentenced to one year and four months of restrictions of freedom and discharged due to serving of punishment.

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