Anti-War Cases
1,430 Russians prosecuted for opposing the February 2022 invasion of Ukraine — social media posts, protests, draft resistance, and acts of civil disobedience documented through open source intelligence.
They called it a crime. We documented every charge.
Post-2022 Legislative Escalation
Following Russia's February 2022 invasion of Ukraine, the state enacted emergency legislation within days that criminalized public dissent. The anti-war cases dataset documents the legal machinery deployed against Russian citizens who opposed the war — through social media posts, street protests, refusal to serve, or simply stating facts about the conflict. New criminal articles were created specifically for this purpose, carrying sentences of up to 15 years.
These cases were documented through open source intelligence methods using publicly accessible human rights monitoring data. The records reveal a systematic legislative escalation: where pre-2022 dissent was prosecuted under broad extremism statutes, post-2022 prosecution added targeted articles against “discrediting the Armed Forces” and “disseminating false information” — terms defined so broadly that any factual reporting about the war qualifies as criminal.
Key Prosecution Articles
Emergency legislation enacted post-February 2022 — applied across 1,430 documented cases
Documented Cases — Sample
13 cases from the 1,430-record anti-war prosecution database
| # | Name | Articles | Status | Sentence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mikhail Romanov | Art. 280.3 Pt. 1 | Pre-trial detention | 2 yrs suspended, 2 yrs probation |
| 2 | Pavel Bashkurov | Art. 207.3 Pt. 1 | At large | Unknown |
| 3 | Khristoliub Bozhii Vegan | Art. 354.1 Art. 148 | Deceased | 3 yrs + compulsory psych treatment |
| 4 | Piruz Peikrishvili | Art. 280.3 Pt. 1 | Pre-trial detention | 1 yr suspended, 2-yr Internet ban |
| 5 | Maxim Chishkovsky | Art. 205 Pt. 1 | In transit | 11 yrs strict regime |
| 6 | Ekaterina Fomina | Art. 207.3 | Unknown | 8 yrs 6 mo in absentia |
| 7 | Vladislav Vishnevsky | Art. 214 Art. 280 | Unknown | 1 yr 6 mo compulsory labour |
| 8 | Natalia Belyavskaya | Art. 207.3 Pt. 1 | At large | 8 mo corrective labour, 10% wage deduction |
| 9 | Vladislav Krenik | Art. 337 Pt. 5 | Imprisoned | 5 yrs colony-settlement |
| 10 | Anatoly Kudryashov | Art. 280.3 Pt. 1 | At large | 1 yr 6 mo + Internet admin ban |
| 11 | Dmitriy Romanov | Art. 280.3 Pt. 1 | At large | 45,000 rubles + website admin ban |
| 12 | Vasily Kuchin | Art. 280.3 Pt. 1 | At large | 100,000 rubles fine |
| 13 | Unknown male | Art. 205.2 Pt. 2 | At large | 350,000 rubles fine |
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