The author of the telegram channel “Protest MSU” Dmitry Ivanov was transferred to the “Matrosskaya Tishina” pre-trial detention center

The author of the telegram channel “Protest MGU”, Dmitry Ivanov, accused of spreading “fake news” about the Russian army, was transferred to Moscow pre-trial detention center-1 “Matrosskaya Tishina” from the Kapotnya pre-trial detention center. Maria Eismont, a lawyer from OVD-Info, who represents his interests, spoke about this.

On June 3, Ivanov was sent to a pre-trial detention center for two months on charges of publicly disseminating deliberately false information about the use of Russian armed forces motivated by political hatred (clause “d”, part 2, article 207.3 of the Criminal Code). The grounds for criminal prosecution were publications in the telegram channel “Protest MGU” about the attack of the Russian Armed Forces on the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant, about the losses of Russian aviation on the territory of Ukraine, about the attacks of the Russian Armed Forces on the cities of Ukraine and the murder of civilians there, that the Russian army is conducting a war, not a “special operation”, and about the war crimes of the Russian army in Bucha and Irpen.

You can write a letter to Dmitry Ivanov - paper or through the FSIN-Letter service:

Ivanov Dmitry Alexandrovich, born in 1999

*Pre-trial detention center-1 of the Federal Penitentiary Service in Moscow

107 076, Moscow, st. Matrosskaya Tishina, 18*

• Since February 24—the first day of the “special operation” in Ukraine—residents of Russian cities have been going out to anti-war rallies every day and talking about the tragedy online. Anti-war speeches and statements become grounds for criminal prosecution. At the moment, more than 170 people have become defendants in criminal cases initiated due to protest against the war with Ukraine. Read more about this in our guide .
• Article 207.3 was included in the Criminal Code in March 2022 - in this way the authorities responded to anti-war speeches and statements, as well as the dissemination of information about the war that did not come from official Russian sources. The maximum penalty is ten years in prison.