Dmitry Samsonov
Dmitry Samsonov, born 1981, Moscow Oblast. Charges: Article 207.3 part 2 item d, Russian Criminal Code (Dissemination of false information about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, government…); “Dmitry Samsonov's case of "fakes" about the Russian Armed Forces”. Status: not in Russia.
In brief
Moscow Oblast · NULL · Anti-war cases
Sentence
No information about a verdict.
Preventive measure: arrest in absentia since June 9, 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
According to the investigation, on 10.05.2022, 01.12.2022, 20.03.2023 and 08.08.2023, being in places not specified by the investigation, acting deliberately, realising the unlawful nature and public danger of his actions, foreseeing the inevitability of socially dangerous consequences in the form of undermining the authority and discrediting the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, as well as the fact that through his actions he would mislead an unlimited number of people about the legality of the actions of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in carrying out the knowing the inevitability of socially dangerous consequences in the form of undermining the authority and discrediting the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, as well as the fact that by his actions he would mislead an unlimited number of people about the legality of the actions of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation during a special military operation, creating the appearance of illegal activities of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation that violate international law, and also knowing that the actions of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation were in violation of international law. Guided by the motive of disdainful and unfriendly attitude towards the actions of the Russian Armed Forces, knowing with certainty that such actions would cause a wide public response, he decided to publicly disseminate, under the guise of reliable reports, deliberately false information containing data on the use of the Russian Armed Forces to protect the interests of the Russian Federation and its citizens, to maintain peace and security. In order to realise his criminal intent and to give maximum publicity to the testimony he reported. 10.05.2022, 01.12.2022, 20.03.2023 and 08.08.2023, being in places unidentified by the investigation, using a mobile phone via the information and telecommunications network "Internet" through the mobile application of the social network "V kontakte" on the page of the personal account of the social network "V kontakte" and the social network "Instagram", reliably knowing about the popularity of social networks and realising that the material published on the pages will become available to an unlimited number of people, acting deliberately, realising the unlawfulness of his actions, the nature and public danger of the consequences. By his actions he will mislead an unlimited number of people about the legality of the actions of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation during a special military operation, creating the appearance of illegal activities of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation that violate international law, guided by the motive of a disdainful and unfriendly attitude towards the actions of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. The Russian Armed Forces, placed and published images and comments, which were viewed by users of the social networks "V contact" and "Instagram", and which contain information about the actions of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, expressed in the form of statements about the fact of the information does not correspond to the information provided in the briefing of the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation. of the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation; the information contains linguistic and psychological signs of convincing the addressee in the negative nature of the goals of using the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.
Latest event
June 9, 2025 — preventive measure: arrest in absentia
Timeline
· Preventive measure: arrest in absentia
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Dmitry Samsonov's case of "fakes" about the Russian Armed Forces
Criminal case
Dmitry Samsonov's case of "fakes" about the Russian Armed Forces
Thematic group: Anti-war case
Details and sources
Full summary
Resident of the Moscow region. In April 2022, he left Russia. In October 2024, a case was brought against him for spreading deliberately false information about the Russian Armed Forces. The reason was comments about the crimes of the Russian army.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 207.3 part 2 item d, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.