Mikhail Simonov
Mikhail Simonov, born 1960, 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…); “Mikhail Simonov's case of "fakes" about the Russian Armed Forces”. Sentence (January 18, 2024): 6 years 6 months' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since July 25, 2023; place of detention: Penal colony No. 9, Novgorod Oblast. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, April 6, 2023.
In brief
Moscow · Moscow · Anti-war cases
Sentence
6 years 6 months
deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony
First instance, March 30, 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, on 19 and 20 March, having a disdainful, unfriendly and aggressive-hostile attitude towards the Russian authorities and dislike for their actions to normalise the socio-political situation in Ukraine, he published two comments on VKontakte about the bombing of Kiev and Mariupol.
Latest event
January 18, 2024 — cassation
The court changed the sentence to 6 years 6 months.
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, April 6, 2023
Timeline
· Cassation ruling
sentence changed · 6 years 6 months
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 7 years
· Persecution begins
Mikhail Simonov's case of "fakes" about the Russian Armed Forces
Criminal case
Mikhail Simonov's case of "fakes" about the Russian Armed Forces
- Case number
- 01-0105/2023 (01-0731/2022)
Thematic group: Anti-war case
Write a letter
Facility: Penal colony No. 9, Novgorod Oblast
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
175130, Новгородская область, Парфинский муниципальный район, р.п. Парфино, Народная ул., зд. 9., ФКУ «ИК № 9 УФСИН России по Новгородской области», Симонов Михаил Юрьевич, 1960 г.р.
Details and sources
Full summary
Director of a restaurant car, lived in Belarus. The elderly Simonov is hard of hearing and speaks with difficulty, and has a number of chronic diseases.
A criminal case about "fakes" about the Armed Forces was brought against him. On 30 March 2023, he was sentenced to seven years in a general regime colony. On 18 January 2024, the Сourt of Сassation reduced the sentence by six months.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
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