Leonid Spirin
Leonid Spirin, Tatarstan. Charges: Article 280.3 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Discrediting the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, government agencies, or mercenaries); “Leonid Spirin's case of discrediting the Russian Armed Forces”. Status: not in Russia.
In brief
Tatarstan · Journalists · Anti-war cases, Cases against "foreign agents"
Sentence
No information about a verdict.
Charges
- Article 280.3 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Discrediting the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, government agencies, or mercenaries
Full wording of the charges
In December 2023, Spirin was fined 30,000 rubles under an administrative article on discrediting the Russian army (Article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences). He was charged with four posts in Groza's VKontakte community: about Tatarstan's Minister of Youth Affairs Rinat Sadykov, about Russian military officer Albert Kamilov, about the production of Iranian drones in Yelabuga, and additional USE points for participants of the war with Ukraine.
Latest event
January 1, 2025 — persecution begins
Leonid Spirin's case of discrediting the Russian Armed Forces
Criminal case
Leonid Spirin's case of discrediting the Russian Armed Forces
Thematic group: Anti-war case
Details and sources
Full summary
Editor-in-chief of the student online publication Groza. In January 2025, a case was brought against him for discrediting the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. He was put on a wanted list
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 280.3 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.