Petr Sirotiuk
- Criminal Code
- Article 207.3 part 2 item d, Russian Criminal Code
- Case category
- Anti-war cases
- Verdict
- Suspended prison sentence
- Sentence
- 5 years
- Date of verdict
- 2026-03-17
- Region
- Kemerovo Oblast
- City
- Novokuznetsk
Case summary
An artist from Novokuznetsk. In July 2025 it became known that he was prosecuted for spreading "fakes" about the Russian army because of his February post: "A Russian drone attacked the defence structure over the 4th unit of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, which was built by the whole of Europe!.... Well, what else country can so meanly use drones to hit an ATOMIC plant, where the Muscovites themselves caused an AMAZING nuclear accident in 1986 and after the collapse of the Soviet Union did not help in eliminating the consequences...". At the end of the post, the artist left a link to a video about this strike on the YouTube channel of the independent publication Salidarnasts, which is made by journalists from Belarus.
In May 2025, he was fined Br30 thousand under the protocol on discrediting the army because of a post in "VKontakte." Its content is unknown, but according to the court ruling, the actions of the Russian army in Ukraine were described there as invasive.
On 17 March 2026, Sirotiuk was sentenced; the details are unknown.
Others charged under Article 207.3 part 2 item d, Russian Criminal Code
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