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01Overview
Quick Facts
CountryRussia
Age / Sex38 · male
Occupation—
Arrested inYuryansk district, Kirov Oblast
Held at—
CategorySocial media
StatusConvicted
Sentence5 years
Russia · context
1,225documented cases
375 urgent · 71 report torture
Most common grounds
Journalism
124
Unknown
2
Cultural
1
Ethnic
33
Case Summary
Aleksei Marfin was sentenced to five and a half years in prison and fined 500,000 rubles for spreading false information about the Russian Armed Forces and rehabilitating Nazism. He was also banned from administering websites and posting online.
Key Facts
03 entries- 01Sentenced to 5.5 years in a general regime colony and a fine of 500,000 rubles
- 02Banned from administering websites for 5 years
- 03Insulted the memory of the defenders of the Fatherland
02Charges
Charges
02 count- 01Spreading deliberately false information about the Russian armed forces
- 02Rehabilitation of Nazism
Criminal Code Articles
02 articleArt. 207.3Art. 354.1
03Analysis
Predicting Vector
Surveillance vector
Surveillance vectorUnknown
Inferred demographics
90%EthnicitySlavic Russian
Region of originSlavic Russia
ReligionOrthodox Christian
The name Aleksei is a common Slavic male name, and Marfin is a typical Russian surname.
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The Detained. (2026). Case file: Aleksei Marfin (TD case cmi87zty, record version 2026-05-26). Retrieved July 21, 2026, from https://thedetained.org/prisoners/cmi87ztyg001vli0t0h9o3msb. Original data from OVD-Info (https://repression.info/ru/persons/aleksei-marfin).
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