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01Overview
Quick Facts
CountryRussia
Age / Sex38 · male
OccupationBlogger
Arrested inYoshkar-Ola, Mari El
Held at—
CategorySocial media
StatusConvicted
Sentence—
Russia · context
1,226documented cases
379 urgent · 72 report torture
Most common grounds
Journalism
125
Unknown
2
Cultural
2
Ethnic
29
Case Summary
Andrey Filippov, a blogger from Yoshkar-Ola, was fined 1,800,000 rubles for spreading "fake news" about the Russian Armed Forces. His YouTube video, "The war between Russia and Ukraine: a view from the side of a Ukrainian," was cited as the reason for the case.
Key Facts
04 entries- 01YouTube blogger
- 02Fined for spreading "fake news"
- 03Criticized local authorities
- 04Opposed COVID-19 restrictions
02Charges
Criminal Code Articles
01 articleArt. 207.3
03Analysis
Predicting Vector
Surveillance vector
Surveillance vectorSocial Media Monitoring
Technology usedYouTube
Inferred demographics
90%EthnicitySlavic Russian
Region of originSlavic Russia
ReligionOrthodox Christian
The name Andrey Filippov is a common Slavic Russian name, and the arrest location is within the Volga-Ural region.
04Timeline
Case Timeline
Arrest date
January 1, 2022
05Sources
Data Source
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Cite this case
Political Prisoner Watch. (2026). Case file: Andrey Filippov (PPW case cmi8819d). Retrieved July 6, 2026, from https://politicalprisonerwatch.org/prisoners/cmi8819dx002eli0tcooph4to. Original data from OVD-Info (https://repression.info/ru/persons/andrey-filippov).
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