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01Overview
Quick Facts
CountryRussia
Age / Sex31 · male
OccupationDriver
Arrested inUssuriysk, Primorsky Krai
Held at—
CategorySocial media
StatusConvicted
Sentence—
Russia · context
1,220documented cases
376 urgent · 72 report torture
Most common grounds
Journalism
125
Unknown
2
Cultural
2
Ethnic
29
Case Summary
Fedor Erbes was convicted for distributing a video discrediting Russian servicemen and was sentenced to correctional labor. The video depicted destroyed towns in Donbass and broken Russian equipment along with dialogues about military casualties.
Key Facts
04 entries- 01Distributed a video deemed as "fake" discrediting Russian servicemen.
- 02Video showed destroyed towns in Donbass and broken Russian equipment.
- 03Sentenced to 6 months of correctional labour.
- 04Claimed the video was a "fake" after the criminal case was filed.
02Charges
Charges
01 count- 01Dissemination of "fakes" about the Russian Armed Forces
Criminal Code Articles
01 articleArt. 207.3
03Analysis
Predicting Vector
Surveillance vector
Surveillance vectorUnknown
Inferred demographics
70%EthnicitySlavic Russian
Region of originSlavic Russia
ReligionUnknown
The name Fedor is a common Russian given name, and the location in Primorsky Krai is a Russian federal subject.
04Timeline
Case Timeline
Arrest date
April 1, 2022
05Sources
Data Source
Source vs. PPW analysis
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Cite this case
Political Prisoner Watch. (2026). Case file: Fedor Erbes (PPW case cmi88dpa). Retrieved July 6, 2026, from https://politicalprisonerwatch.org/prisoners/cmi88dpae006zli0t9nsou4id. Original data from OVD-Info (https://repression.info/ru/persons/fedor-erbes).
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