Melnikov Vasily Yuryevich

Melnikov Vasily Yuryevich, born January 30, 1983, resident of the city of Kotelniki, Volgograd Oblast, blogger, previously convicted under Part 2 of Article 280.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("Public calls for actions aimed at violating the territorial integrity of the Russian Federation, using the Internet").

Under paragraph "d" of Part 2 of Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("Public dissemination of knowingly false information about the use of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation based on political hatred or enmity"), he was sentenced to 5 years of imprisonment in a general regime penal colony. On March 19, 2024, the appellate court upheld the sentence.

Deprived of liberty since July 27, 2023.