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01Overview
Quick Facts
CountryRussia
Age / Sex38 · male
OccupationJournalists
Arrested inMoscow, Moscow
Held at—
CategoryJournalism
StatusConvicted
Sentence11 yrs
Diplomatic
International Attention documented.
Identified by international monitoring bodies and diplomatic missions as a priority concern.
Case Summary
Ruslan Leviev, a journalist, was sentenced in absentia to 11 years in prison for spreading "fakes" about the Russian Armed Forces' activities in Ukraine. The charges stemmed from a video questioning the official account of the Zaporizhzhya NPP shelling and a broadcast about a Russian airstrike on a hospital in Mariupol.
Key Facts
04 entries- 0111-year prison sentence in absentia
- 02Charged under Article 207.3 for spreading fakes
- 03Questioned the official account of the Zaporizhzhya NPP shelling
- 04Spoke about a Russian airstrike on a hospital in Mariupol
02Charges
Charges
01 count- 01fakes about the activity of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation on the territory of Ukraine
Criminal Code Articles
01 articleArt. 207.3
03Analysis
AI Assessment
MEDIUM0%
ANALYSIS:Subject shows a 0% probability of mistreatment based on historical patterns in this region.
ModelXGB-Text
Accuracy94.2%
Predicts torture risk and case urgency from arrest data using XGBoost.
Predicting Vector
Surveillance vector
Surveillance vectorUnknown
Inferred demographics
70%EthnicitySlavic Russian
Region of originSlavic Russia
ReligionUnknown
The name structure and common usage in Moscow suggest a Slavic Russian background, though the specific name elements are not exclusively Russian.
04Timeline
Case Timeline
Arrest date
May 1, 2022
Sentence served
4y 0mo / 11 yrs
05Sources
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Cite this case
Political Prisoner Watch. (2026). Case file: Ruslan Leviev (PPW case cmi88499). Retrieved May 31, 2026, from https://politicalprisonerwatch.org/prisoners/cmi884992003kli0t31bzpnrl. Original data from OVD-Info (https://repression.info/ru/persons/ruslan-leviev-karpuk).
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