eight years
The Moscow Basmanny Court found the writer Dmitry Glukhovsky (known in the Russian Federation as a foreign media agent) guilty of spreading “fake news” about the Russian army (clauses “c, d” part 2 of Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code). Russian Federation) and sentenced him in absentia to eight years in prison in the general regime colony, Interfax reported.
In addition, Glukhovsky was banned for four years “from engaging in activities related to the administration of websites of information and communication networks, including electronic or Internet.”
The prison sentence will be calculated from the moment of detention in Russia or extradition to his homeland.
At court, the witnesses to the prosecution were Yulia Vityazeva, the broadcaster of the RT television channel, and Ivan Klimov, the editor of the Moscow Mouthpiece project.
The essence of the accusation
According to researchers, in the spring of 2022, the author posted on social networks posts and videos “under the guise of reliable messages, deliberately false information about the alleged bombing and bombing of housing, combined with artificially created evidence of the accusation. buildings, schools and hospitals by the army of the RF Armed Forces.
In his interviews, Glukhovsky said that the accusation of “starting a war” against the President of the Russian Federation was indicated “as an aggravating circumstance” in the case.
The maximum penalty in the article “spreading fakes” is imprisonment for up to 10 years. Prosecutor requested Nine years in prison for Glukhovsky. The defense insisted on acquittal for lack of corpus delicti.
Last summer, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation put Glukhovsky on the federal wanted list. It was included in the register of foreign agents in October.
In May 2023, a protocol was brought against Glukhovsky for the mandatory non-marking of a foreign agent in shipments. The Ostankino court fined him 40,000 rubles in June. decision in July appealed.
The author left Russia after the start of the military operation in Ukraine. In addition to Russian citizenship, Glukhovsky holds Israeli citizenship and residence permits in Germany and Spain.
Glukhovsky is the author of the best-selling Metro 2033, as well as other popular novels Twilight, Metro 2034, Tales of the Fatherland, Futu.re and Metin.