Vasilii Viazkov
Vasilii Viazkov, 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…); “Vasilii Viazkov's case of "fake news" about the Russian Armed Forces”. Sentence (November 1, 2025): sentence unknown. Status: at large.
In brief
Moscow · Moscow · Military personnel · Anti-war cases
Sentence
5 years
sentence unknown
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)
Latest event
November 18, 2025 — imprisonment begins
Timeline
· Imprisonment begins
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 5 years
Criminal case
Vasilii Viazkov's case of "fake news" about the Russian Armed Forces
- Case number
- 1-246/2025
Thematic group: Anti-war case
Details and sources
Full summary
Presumably a serviceman of the Moscow Military District. A case was brought against him for spreading deliberately false information about the Russian Armed Forces. On 1 November 2025, the court sentenced Vyazkov to five years of suspended imprisonment.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 207.3 part 2 item d, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.