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01Overview
Quick Facts
CountryRussia
Age / Sex41 · male
OccupationTeachers
Arrested inKrasnoyarsk, Krasnoyarsk Krai
CategoryAnti-war speech
Statusunknown
Russia · context
1,473documented cases
442 urgent · 102 report torture
Most common grounds
Journalism
131
Cultural
1
Unknown
2
Ethnic
33
Case Summary
Ilya Konstantinov, a teacher, is being prosecuted for disseminating false information about the Russian Armed Forces and for publicly justifying terrorism. The verdict is currently unknown.
Key Facts
03 entries- 01Teacher of English and French.
- 02Accused of spreading false information and justifying terrorism.
- 03Verdict details are unknown.
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02Charges
Charges
02 count- 01Dissemination of knowingly false information about the Russian Armed Forces
- 02Public justification of terrorism
Criminal Code Articles
01 articleArt. 207.3
03Legal framework
How to read this section
This is a plain reading of published international standards against the facts recorded on this page. It is not a finding. No court, treaty body or UN special procedure has ruled on this case, and The Detained makes no assessment of guilt, innocence or state responsibility. Each entry below appears because a specific field on this record brings the standard into play, and says which field that was.
Standards engaged
03- 01Liberty and security of personICCPR, Article 9
Nobody may be deprived of liberty except on grounds and by procedures established by law. Anyone detained is entitled to have a court decide the lawfulness of the detention without delay, and to compensation if the detention was unlawful.
On this record: This record documents a deprivation of liberty.
Treaty text - 02Fair hearing before an independent tribunalICCPR, Article 14
A fair and public hearing by a competent, independent and impartial tribunal established by law, with adequate time and facilities to prepare a defence, counsel of the person’s own choosing, and the right to examine witnesses.
On this record: This record carries a criminal prosecution under article 207.3.
Treaty text - 03Freedom of opinion and expressionICCPR, Article 19
The right to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas of all kinds, regardless of frontiers. Restrictions are permitted only where they are provided by law and are necessary and proportionate to one of the narrow aims listed in article 19(3). General Comment No. 34 (2011) is the Human Rights Committee’s reading of that test.
On this record: The case is documented as arising from speech about the war.
Treaty text
Where a case like this is filed
The UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention sorts submissions into five categories. On the facts recorded here, a submission would most naturally be filed under:
- IIDetention resulting from the exercise of protected rightsThe conduct on this record is the exercise of a freedom the ICCPR protects, which is the question Category II asks.
Which category applies, and whether the detention is arbitrary at all, is for the Working Group to decide.
- UN Working Group on Arbitrary DetentionRoute open
Individual complaint asking the Working Group to find the detention arbitrary and to name a remedy.
Open for every state. Domestic remedies do not have to be exhausted first, and the person’s consent or that of their family is normally required.
How to submit - UN special proceduresRoute open
An urgent appeal or allegation letter to the Special Rapporteur on freedom of opinion and expression and the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Russian Federation.
Mandate holders can write to a government within days, which is why this is the fastest route on the list.
How to submit - UN Human Rights CommitteeRoute open
Individual communication under the First Optional Protocol, alleging breaches of the Covenant articles listed above.
Domestic remedies must be exhausted, or shown to be unavailable or ineffective in practice.
How to submit - European Court of Human RightsNot determinable from this file
Application after domestic remedies are exhausted, within the four month time limit.
No arrest, trial or verdict date is recorded on this file. The Court remains competent only for acts up to 16 September 2022, so whether this case falls inside that window cannot be answered from the record as it stands.
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04Analysis
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06Sources
Data Source
Source vs. TD analysis
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View all data sources →Cite this case
The Detained. (2026). Case file: Ilya Konstantinov (TD case cmgoinu1, record version 2026-08-16). Retrieved September 18, 2026, from https://thedetained.org/prisoners/cmgoinu15000nlizy53fi0k6z. Original data from OVD-Info (https://repression.info/ru/persons/ilya-konstantinov).
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