The court announced the verdict for Maxim Kругlov, deputy chairman… (круглов · суд · яблоко)
The court announced the verdict for Maxim Kругlov, deputy chairman of the 'Yabloko' party, on the case of army disinformation. The 39-year-old deputy chairman of the 'Yabloko' party was sentenced to seven years in a colonial prison.
Consensus
- Maxim Kругlov* was sentenced to seven years in prison
- He was found guilty of spreading fake news about the Russian military
- The crimes occurred in 2022 via his Telegram channel
- He was banned from administering websites for three years
- The court was located in Moscow's Zamoskvoretsky district
- Kругlov was previously a deputy of the Moscow City Duma
- He was placed on a list of terrorists and extremists by Rosfinmonitoring
- The prosecution requested an eight-year sentence
- Kругlov did not admit guilt
- Supporters attended the trial including Yabloko founder Grigory Yavlinsky
Points of divergence
- Kругlov was arrested in October of the previous year — vm
- Kругlov was arrested in October of the previous year in St. Petersburg — fontanka
- Kругlov claimed his posts were based on information from the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, which he said was partially funded by Russia — kommersant
- Kругlov stated that the law under which he was charged was enacted in 2022, but his intent to commit the crime began in 2020 — fontanka
- Kругlov said he aimed to make Russia a democratic country and that his prosecution showed they were right in their assessment — kommersant
Coverage (3 sources)
- Former deputy Kруглов sentenced for Russian army fake news: what sentence did he receive? — Вечерняя Москва
- Court sentences 'Yabloko' deputy chairman Maxim Kругlov to prison for army fake news — Фонтанка
- Maxim Kruglov sentenced to seven years for discrediting the army — Коммерсантъ