Bulat Shumekov
Bulat Shumekov, born 1990, Kemerovo 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…); “Bulat Shumekov's case on "fakes" about the activities of the Russian Armed Forces on the territory of Ukraine”. Sentence (June 28, 2023): 5 years 6 months' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since April 15, 2022; place of detention: Penal colony No. 40, Kemerovo Oblast. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, June 28, 2022.
In brief
Kemerovo Oblast · Kiselyovsk · Anti-war cases
Sentence
5 years 6 months
deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony
First instance, March 9, 2023: 7 years
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, he posted publications in one of the social networks "containing deliberately false information about the way the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation carried out a special military operation on the territory of Ukraine", with the artificial creation of evidence to accuse the military of committing crimes and spilling the blood of peaceful Ukrainian citizens.
Latest event
January 15, 2026 — imprisonment begins
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, June 28, 2022
Timeline
· Imprisonment begins
· Appeal ruling
sentence changed · 5 years 6 months
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 7 years
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
· Persecution begins
Bulat Shumekov's case on "fakes" about the activities of the Russian Armed Forces on the territory of Ukraine
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Kemerovo Oblast
Criminal case
Bulat Shumekov's case on "fakes" about the activities of the Russian Armed Forces on the territory of Ukraine
- Case number
- 1-60/2023 (1-553/2022;)
Thematic group: Anti-war case
Write a letter
Facility: Penal colony No. 40, Kemerovo Oblast
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
650036, Кемеровская область, г. Кемерово, ул. Волгоградская, д. 60 А, ИК-40, ФКУ «ИК № 40 ГУФСИН России по Кемеровской области», Шумеков Булат Сайлауевич, 1990 г.р.
Details and sources
Full summary
Civil activist from Kiselevsk. 15 April 2022 detained and taken into custody by court order in the case of "fakes" about the Russian army. On 9 March 2023, sentenced to seven years in a general regime colony. On 28 June, the court of appeal reduced the sentence to five and a half years.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
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