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01Overview
Quick Facts
CountryRussia
Age / Sex44 · male
OccupationEntrepreneur
Arrested inSoligalich, Kostroma Oblast
Held at—
CategorySocial media
Statuson trial
Sentence—
Russia · context
1,220documented cases
376 urgent · 72 report torture
Most common grounds
Journalism
125
Unknown
2
Cultural
2
Ethnic
29
Case Summary
Ian Kulikov, an entrepreneur from Kostroma, is being prosecuted for allegedly spreading false information about the Russian Armed Forces through his VKontakte posts. The posts concerned the shelling of Ukrainian cities by the Russian army, and the case has been subject to multiple appeals and revisions.
Key Facts
04 entries- 01Owner of a bookshop
- 02Case initiated based on VKontakte publications
- 03Initially sentenced to corrective labor
- 04Sentence cancelled and case returned to prosecutor's office, with increased penalty
02Charges
Charges
01 count- 01Spreading deliberately false information about the Russian Armed Forces
Criminal Code Articles
01 articleArt. 207.3
03Analysis
Predicting Vector
Surveillance vector
Surveillance vectorSocial Media Monitoring
Technology usedVKontakte
Inferred demographics
90%EthnicitySlavic Russian
Region of originSlavic Russia
ReligionOrthodox Christian
The surname Kulikov is a common Slavic Russian patronymic, and the location is within the Russian heartland.
04Timeline
Case Timeline
Arrest date
October 1, 2022
05Sources
Data Source
Source vs. PPW analysis
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Cite this case
Political Prisoner Watch. (2026). Case file: Ian Kulikov (PPW case cmi887ty). Retrieved July 6, 2026, from https://politicalprisonerwatch.org/prisoners/cmi887tyz004rli0tqs9kenpa. Original data from OVD-Info (https://repression.info/ru/persons/ian-kulikov).
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