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01Overview
Quick Facts
CountryRussia
Age / Sex41 · male
OccupationIT specialist
Arrested inNaberezhnye Chelny, Tatarstan
Held at—
Categoryanti_war
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
Ruslan Ganeyev was sentenced to 10 months of corrective labor for disseminating "fakes" about the Russian Armed Forces. He initially failed to appear in court and was placed on a wanted list before being found and taken into custody.
Key Facts
04 entries- 01Sentenced to 10 months of corrective labor
- 02Charged with disseminating 'fakes' about the Russian Armed Forces
- 03Failed to appear in court and was put on a wanted list
- 04Details of the case are unknown.
02Charges
Charges
01 count- 01Fakes about the RF Armed Forces
Criminal Code Articles
01 articleArt. 207.3
03Analysis
Predicting Vector
Surveillance vector
Surveillance vectorUnknown
Inferred demographics
90%EthnicityTatar
Region of originVolga-Ural
ReligionMuslim (Sunni)
The surname Ganeyev is common among Turkic groups, and the arrest location in Tatarstan strongly suggests a Tatar background.
04Timeline
Case Timeline
Arrest date
January 1, 2022
05Sources
Data Source
Source vs. PPW analysis
OVD-InfoCase facts, charges, dates, and status.
PPW analysisRisk, surveillance & sentence estimates — probabilistic, not the source's reporting.
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Cite this case
Political Prisoner Watch. (2026). Case file: Ruslan Ganeyev (PPW case cmi88huk). Retrieved July 6, 2026, from https://politicalprisonerwatch.org/prisoners/cmi88hukv008jli0tnd2elc0u. Original data from OVD-Info (https://repression.info/ru/persons/ruslan-ganeyev).
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