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01Overview
Quick Facts
CountryRussia
Age / Sex54 · male
OccupationFormer security officials
Arrested inKirov, Kirov Oblast
Held atFederal Governmental Institution "Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Kirov region"
CategorySocial media
StatusConvicted
Sentence5 years
Russia · context
1,220documented cases
376 urgent · 72 report torture
Most common grounds
Journalism
125
Unknown
2
Cultural
2
Ethnic
29
Case Summary
Dmitry Prozorov, a former law enforcement officer, was sentenced to five years in a general regime colony for spreading false information about the Russian Armed Forces. The case was initiated due to comments he made about Bucha in an online community.
Key Facts
03 entries- 01Former law enforcement officer
- 02Sentenced for comments about Bucha
- 03Sentenced to five years in a general regime colony
02Charges
Charges
01 count- 01spreading fakes about the Russian Armed Forces
Criminal Code Articles
01 articleArt. 207.3
03Analysis
Predicting Vector
Surveillance vector
Surveillance vectorSocial Media Monitoring
Inferred demographics
90%EthnicitySlavic Russian
Region of originSlavic Russia
ReligionOrthodox Christian
The name Dmitry Prozorov is a common Russian name structure, and the location Kirov is in the Russian heartland.
04Sources
Data Source
Source vs. PPW analysis
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Cite this case
Political Prisoner Watch. (2026). Case file: Dmitry Prozorov (PPW case cmgoip5v). Retrieved July 6, 2026, from https://politicalprisonerwatch.org/prisoners/cmgoip5vu0018lizymuck4tts. Original data from OVD-Info (https://repression.info/ru/persons/dmitry-prozorov).
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