Yury Sipko
Yury Sipko, born 1952, 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…); “Yury Sipko's case of "fakes" about the RF Armed Forces”. Status: not in Russia.
In brief
Moscow · Moscow · Religious figures · Anti-war cases
Sentence
No information about a verdict.
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, in March 2022, he “put a video in the public domain for an unlimited circle of people on video hosting, which, according to a psychological and linguistic expertise, contains deliberately false information about the actions of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation against the civilian population of Ukraine.”
Latest event
June 22, 2026 — added to the rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
Timeline
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Removed from the Rosfinmonitoring list
· Persecution begins
Yury Sipko's case of "fakes" about the RF Armed Forces
Criminal case
Yury Sipko's case of "fakes" about the RF Armed Forces
Thematic group: Anti-war case
Details and sources
Full summary
A pastor, a former chairmen of Russian Union of Evangelical Baptist Christians and vice-president of Worldwide Baptist Alliance. Sipko emigrated from Russia. At 8 August Sipko's house was searched, his son Kirill was questioned as a witness and gave a non-disclosure agreement. The Investigative Committee has informed that searches were also conducted at certain Sipko's "associates" in Moscow and Kaluga. The pastor was placed on wanted list.
Sipko's father was also a baptist pastor and was sentenced to five years of exile in 1961.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 207.3 part 2 item d, Russian Criminal Code
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