Lev Shlosberg
Lev Shlosberg, born 1963, Pskov Oblast. Charges: Article 330.1 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Violation of the procedure for activities of a foreign agent, committed by a person after being…); “Lev Shlosberg's case of evasion of his duties as a "foreign agent"”. Sentence (November 5, 2025): 420 hours of compulsory labor; previously convicted under Article 207.3 part 2 item d, Russian Criminal Code; Article 280.3 part 1, Russian Criminal Code. Status: at large. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, July 16, 2025.
In brief
Pskov Oblast · Pskov · Politicians · Anti-war cases, Cases against "foreign agents"
Sentence
420 hours of compulsory labor
Upheld April 22, 2026
Other verdicts
- Imprisonment (general regime) — 11 years 1 month
Charges
- Article 330.1 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Violation of the procedure for activities of a foreign agent, committed by a person after being persecuted for an administrative offence
- 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)
- Article 280.3 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Discrediting the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, government agencies, or mercenaries
Full wording of the charges
According to the investigation, he "posted a video online without the required labeling" stating that he was a "foreign agent."
Latest event
October 20, 2026 — case status changed
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, July 16, 2025
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
Timeline
· Persecution ends
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· Removed from the Rosfinmonitoring list
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Pskov Oblast
· Criminal case opened
Lev Shlosberg's case of military "fakes"
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict
· Preventive measure: house arrest
· Preventive measure: ban on certain activities
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
· Preventive measure: house arrest
· Preventive measure: placement in a temporary detention facility
· Preventive measure: travel ban (written undertaking)
· Criminal case opened
Lev Shlosberg’s case of discrediting the army
· Persecution begins
Lev Shlosberg's case of evasion of his duties as a "foreign agent"
· Added to the register of “foreign agents”
Criminal case
Lev Shlosberg’s case of discrediting the army
- Case number
- 1-323/2026
Thematic group: Anti-war case
Lev Shlosberg's case of evasion of his duties as a "foreign agent"
- Case number
- 01-0010/38/2025
Lev Shlosberg's case of military "fakes"
Details and sources
Full summary
A former deputy of the Pskov Regional Assembly, a deputy chairman of the Pskov branch of the Russian United Democratic Party Yabloko. In June 2023, he was included in the register of "foreign agents". On 2 October 2024, Shlosberg's residence was searched and he was questioned as a suspect in the case of evasion from the duties of a "foreign agent", after which he was released under an obligation to appear. On 23 November 2024, Shlosberg was detained at the airport in Pskov, but was soon released. On 10 June 2025, Shlosberg's home was searched again, this time in a case of repeated discrediting of the army, which was initiated because of a video of a debate between the politician and historian Iurii Pivovarov on the YouTube channel "Zhivoi gvozd". The next day the politician was placed under house arrest. On 7 October 2025, the measure of restraint was replaced with a ban on certain actions. At the same time, the press service of the courts of the Pskov region issued a post that Shlosberg's house arrest had been extended before the court's decision. However, on 10 October the court of appeal returned Shlosberg under a house arrest, having satisfied the complaint of the prosecutor's office.
On 5 November 2025, the court sentenced the politician to 420 hours of compulsory community service in a case concerning evasion of the duties of a “foreign agent”.
On 3 December, a case was initiated against Shlosberg for spreading deliberately false information about the Russian Armed Forces motivated by political hatred. The reason this time was a repost in his Telegram channel, made in February 2022. The case was initiated shortly before the end of house arrest in the case of discrediting the Russian Armed Forces. On 5 October, the politician was taken into custody.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
- Persecution episodes
- 3
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