Konstantin Sonin
- Criminal Code
- Article 207.3 part 2 item d, Russian Criminal Code
- Case category
- Anti-war casesCases against "foreign agents"
- Verdict
- Ban on activity, Imprisonment (in absentia)
- Sentence
- 8 years 6 months
- Date of verdict
- 2024-05-23
- Region
- Moscow
- City
- Moscow
Case summary
Economist, professor at the University of Chicago, and formerly a lecturer and vice-chancellor of the Higher School of Economics. In March 2023, a case was brought against him for dissemination of deliberately false information about the Russian Armed Forces. On 25 May 2023 it became known that he was put on a wanted list. On 20 February 2024, Sonin was arrested in absentia. On 23 May 2024, he was sentenced in absentia to eight and a half years in prison.
Others charged under Article 207.3 part 2 item d, Russian Criminal Code
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