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01Overview
Quick Facts
CountryRussia
Age / Sexmale
Occupation—
Arrested inNaberezhnye Chelny, Tatarstan
Held at—
CategorySocial media
StatusConvicted
Sentence2 years
Russia · context
1,226documented cases
379 urgent · 72 report torture
Most common grounds
Journalism
125
Unknown
2
Cultural
2
Ethnic
29
Case Summary
Artem Parfenov was sentenced to a suspended prison sentence for discrediting the Russian Armed Forces due to comments he made on VKontakte about the war in Ukraine, in which he condemned the invasion and called the Russian military \"orcs.\" He was also banned from administering websites for three years.
Key Facts
03 entries- 01Sentenced to 2 years' suspended imprisonment
- 02Banned from administering web pages for 3 years
- 03Comments on VKontakte about the war in Ukraine
02Charges
Charges
01 count- 01Discrediting the Russian Armed Forces
Criminal Code Articles
01 articleArt. 280.3
03Analysis
Predicting Vector
Surveillance vector
Surveillance vectorSocial Media Monitoring
Technology usedVKontakte
Inferred demographics
90%EthnicitySlavic Russian
Region of originVolga-Ural
ReligionOrthodox Christian
The name Artem Parfenov is a common Slavic Russian name, and the location in Tatarstan suggests a Russian-speaking population.
04Sources
Data Source
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Cite this case
Political Prisoner Watch. (2026). Case file: Artem Parfenov (PPW case cmgois0l). Retrieved July 6, 2026, from https://politicalprisonerwatch.org/prisoners/cmgois0ln002flizymur32s5k. Original data from OVD-Info (https://repression.info/ru/persons/artem-parfenov).
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