Sergei Pshenichnikov
Sergei Pshenichnikov, born 1976, 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…); “Sergei Pshenichnikov's case of "fakes" about the Russian Armed Forces”. Sentence (July 31, 2025): Sentence unknown. Status: not in Russia.
In brief
Moscow · Moscow · Engineers · Anti-war cases
Sentence
7 years
Sentence unknown
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
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Latest event
May 15, 2026 — added to the rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
Timeline
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 7 years
· Preventive measure: arrest in absentia
· Persecution begins
Sergei Pshenichnikov's case of "fakes" about the Russian Armed Forces
Criminal case
Sergei Pshenichnikov's case of "fakes" about the Russian Armed Forces
- Case number
- 01-0386/2025
Thematic group: Anti-war case
Details and sources
Full summary
Resident of Moscow, engineer. He left for Brazil. In July 2024, he was fined twice under the administrative article on discrediting the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation (Article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences). No later than April 2025, a case was brought against him for disseminating knowingly false information about the Russian Armed Forces. Pshenichnikov was arrested in absentia. On 31 July 2025, he was sentenced, details are unknown.
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.