Mingazov Sergei Gafetdinovich, born February 14, 1969, a citizen of Russia, lives in Khabarovsk, former Forbes news editor, teacher of Russian language and literature at the Pacific National University in Russia, has a degree. He is married and has children.
On February 26, 2025 under paragraph "d" of Part 2 of Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("Public dissemination of knowingly false information under the guise of reliable information about the use of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation based on political hatred", liable to up to 10 years in prison), sentenced to a fine of 700 thousand rubles; on June 19, 2025, the Khabarovsk Regional Court increased the fine to 2.5 million rubles in an appeal.
Deprived of liberty since April 26, 2024, he was under house arrest, after the sentence he was transferred to a ban on certain actions until the verdict comes into force.
