Konstantin Sonin
Konstantin Sonin, born 1972, 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…); “Konstantin Sonin's case of "fakes" about the Russian Armed Forces”. Sentence (May 23, 2024): 8 years and 6 months' deprivation of liberty in absentia with deprivation of the right to engage in activities related… Status: not in Russia.
In brief
Moscow · Moscow · Scientists · Anti-war cases, Cases against "foreign agents"
Sentence
8 years 6 months
8 years and 6 months' deprivation of liberty in absentia with deprivation of the right to engage in activities related to the administration of sites on electronic or information and telecommunications networks, including on the Internet, for a period of 4 years and 6 months
No information about an appeal ruling.
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, "having disagreed for a long time with the foreign and domestic policy pursued by the leadership of the Russian Federation, three times he created publications in the Telegram messenger on his personal channel "Konstantin Sonin", which, according to the experts, contain information about the actions of the Russian Armed Forces".
Latest event
May 23, 2024 — first-instance verdict
The court delivered a guilty verdict: 8 years 6 months.
Timeline
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 8 years 6 months
· Preventive measure: arrest in absentia
· Added to the register of “foreign agents”
· Persecution begins
Konstantin Sonin's case of "fakes" about the Russian Armed Forces
Criminal case
Konstantin Sonin's case of "fakes" about the Russian Armed Forces
- Case number
- 01-0223/2024
Thematic group: Anti-war case
Details and sources
Full 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.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
- Preventive measures
- arrest in absentia
Other people prosecuted under Article 207.3 part 2 item d, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.