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01Overview
Quick Facts
CountryRussia
Age / Sexmale
OccupationCook
Arrested inDzerzhinsk, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast
Held at—
CategorySocial media
Statusunknown
Sentence—
Russia · context
1,220documented cases
376 urgent · 72 report torture
Most common grounds
Journalism
125
Unknown
2
Cultural
2
Ethnic
29
Case Summary
Alexey Shcherba, a cook from Dzerzhinsk, has a criminal case open against him for dissemination of deliberately false information about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. The details of the verdict are unknown.
Key Facts
03 entries- 01Criminal case opened for dissemination of false information about the Armed Forces.
- 02Previously fined for discrediting the Armed Forces and public demonstration of prohibited symbols.
- 03Verdict details unknown.
02Charges
Charges
01 count- 01Dissemination of deliberately false information about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation
Criminal Code Articles
01 articleArt. 207.3
03Analysis
Predicting Vector
Surveillance vector
Surveillance vectorUnknown
Inferred demographics
90%EthnicitySlavic Russian
Region of originSlavic Russia
ReligionUnknown
The name Alexey Shcherba is a common Russian name, and the arrest location is within the Russian Federation.
04Sources
Data Source
Source vs. PPW analysis
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Cite this case
Political Prisoner Watch. (2026). Case file: Alexey Shcherba (PPW case cmgn4t1j). Retrieved July 6, 2026, from https://politicalprisonerwatch.org/prisoners/cmgn4t1jc000blisxpv72xj8r. Original data from OVD-Info (https://repression.info/ru/persons/alexey-shcherba).
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