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01Overview
Quick Facts
CountryRussia
Age / Sex26 · male
OccupationSportsperson
Arrested inMagadan, Magadan Oblast
Held at—
Categoryanti_war
StatusDetained
Sentence—
Russia · context
1,220documented cases
376 urgent · 72 report torture
Most common grounds
Journalism
125
Unknown
2
Cultural
2
Ethnic
29
Case Summary
Vitaly Sachivka is being prosecuted for allegedly spreading "fake facts" about the Russian Armed Forces and draft evasion. He reportedly did not come to the military recruiting office when summoned and disagreed with the letter Z.
Key Facts
04 entries- 01Failed to report to military recruiting office.
- 02Disagreed with the letter Z symbol.
- 03Reposted posts about the missile attack on the train station in Kramatorsk.
- 04Reposted posts about the deaths of civilians, rape, and looting.
02Charges
Charges
02 count- 01Dissemination of "fake facts" about the Russian Armed Forces
- 02Draft Evasion
Criminal Code Articles
02 articleArt. 328Art. 207.3
03Analysis
Predicting Vector
Surveillance vector
Surveillance vectorUnknown
Inferred demographics
70%EthnicitySlavic Russian
Region of originSlavic Russia
ReligionUnknown
The name Vitaly is a common Slavic male name, and the location is in Russian Siberia.
04Sources
Data Source
Source vs. PPW analysis
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Cite this case
Political Prisoner Watch. (2026). Case file: Vitaly Sachivka (PPW case cmi88gce). Retrieved July 6, 2026, from https://politicalprisonerwatch.org/prisoners/cmi88gced007zli0tyz75ruut. Original data from OVD-Info (https://repression.info/ru/persons/vitaly-sachivka).
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