66-Year-Old Historian Sentenced to 3 Years for Anti-War Posts
Vladimir Zhuravlev, a 66-year-old regionalist from Lomonosov, was sentenced to three years in a colony for anti-war posts.
Consensus
- Vladimir Zhuravlev is a 66-year-old historian from Lomonosov.
- He was sentenced to three years in a general regime penal colony.
- The conviction was based on Article 207.3 of the Russian Criminal Code regarding the dissemination of 'fake news' about the Russian military.
- The posts were published in April 2022 in the 'Gorod Oranienbaum' group on VKontakte.
- The posts criticized Russian military losses, called on mothers not to send sons to war, and denounced the Bucha massacre.
- Zhuravlev admitted to publishing the posts but denied hatred toward the Russian military and defamation.
- The court recognized his health issues, including oncological disease, heart and spine problems, and second-group disability, as a mitigating circumstance.
- The court imposed a three-year ban on managing internet resources.
- Zhuravlev was taken into custody immediately after the verdict was read.
Points of divergence
- The prosecution had requested seven years of imprisonment for Zhuravlev. — tg_astrapress
- Zhuravlev is described as a historian from Peterhof, not Lomonosov. — tg_sotavisionmedia
Coverage (3 sources)
- 66-year-old regionalist Vladimir Zhuravlev from Lomonosov sentenced to three years in prison for anti-war posts — ASTRA
- To 3 years in a colony sentenced a pensioner-geographer from Petergof Vladimir Zhuravlev by article on «fake news» 66-year-old geographer... — SOTAvision
- To 3 years in a colony sentenced a pensioner-territorial researcher from Petergof Vladimir Zhuravlev by article on 'fake news' — SOTAvision
Key entities
- Vladimir Zhuravlev
- Petergof
- Saint Petersburg
- Lomonosov
- Petrodvoretzky District Court
- Russia
- RusNews
- Sotavision
- Petrodvoretsovsky District Court