Alexander Rodnyansky
Alexander Rodnyansky, born 1961, 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…); “Alexander Rodnyansky's case of "fakes" about the Russian Armed Forces”. Sentenced on October 21, 2024. Status: not in Russia.
In brief
Moscow · Moscow · Artists · Anti-war cases, Cases against "foreign agents"
Sentence
8 years 6 months
Imprisonment (in absentia)
Upheld November 25, 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 initiating the case was three Instagram posts and one Telegram post about the shelling of a maternity hospital in Mariupol, the killing of Ukrainian civilians by the Russian military, and Russian army attacks on civilian targets in Kyiv, Dnipro and Zaporizhzhya.
Latest event
November 25, 2025 — cassation
The court upheld the verdict.
Timeline
· Cassation ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 8 years 6 months
· Preventive measure: arrest in absentia
· Persecution begins
Alexander Rodnyansky's case of "fakes" about the Russian Armed Forces
· Added to the register of “foreign agents”
Criminal case
Alexander Rodnyansky's case of "fakes" about the Russian Armed Forces
- Case number
- 01-0448/2023
Thematic group: Anti-war case
Details and sources
Full summary
Режиссер, продюсер, медиаменеджер, президент кинофестиваля "Кинотавр" в Сочи. Активно выступал против войны. Против него возбудили дело о "фейках" о Вооруженных силах из-за постов в инстаграме и телеграме о гибели мирных жителей в Украине. Роднянского заочно арестовали. 21 октября 2024 года его заочно приговорили к восьми с половиной годам.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Ukraine
- Preventive measures
- arrest in absentia
Other people prosecuted under Article 207.3 part 2 item d, Russian Criminal Code
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