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Alexey Shcherba

At largeChecked October 18, 2026

Alexey Shcherba, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast. Charges: Article 207.3 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Dissemination of false information about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, government…); “Alexey Shcherba's case of "fakes" about the RF Armed Forces”. Sentence (April 4, 2024): Sentence unknown. Status: at large.

In brief

Nizhny Novgorod Oblast · Dzerzhinsk · Cooks · Anti-war cases

Sentence

Sentence unknown

Verdict April 4, 2024

No information about an appeal ruling.

Charges

Latest event

April 4, 2024 — first-instance verdict

The court delivered a guilty verdict.

Checked October 18, 2026 · no changes since October 15

Timeline

  1. · First-instance verdict

    guilty verdict

  2. · Persecution ends

Criminal case

Alexey Shcherba's case of "fakes" about the RF Armed Forces

Case number
1-257/2024

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

A resident of Dzerzhinsk (Nizhny Novgorod Region). On 19 April 2023, he was fined 30 thousand rubles under the administrative article on discrediting the Armed Forces (Article 20.3.3 of the CAO) and twice one thousand rubles under the article on public demonstration of prohibited symbols (Article 20.3 of the CAO). A criminal case was opened against Shcherba for dissemination of deliberately false information about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. On 4 April 2024, a verdict was passed, details are unknown.

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Russia

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