{"id":53939,"date":"2026-01-21T16:21:28","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T13:21:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/memopzk.org\/news\/fiziku-iz-gatchiny-zaprosili-8-let-kolonii-iz-za-antivoennogo-kontenta-na-sajte-kompyuternogo-foruma\/"},"modified":"2026-01-21T16:42:57","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T13:42:57","slug":"fiziku-iz-gatchiny-zaprosili-8-let-kolonii-iz-za-antivoennogo-kontenta-na-sajte-kompyuternogo-foruma","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/memopzk.org\/en\/news\/fiziku-iz-gatchiny-zaprosili-8-let-kolonii-iz-za-antivoennogo-kontenta-na-sajte-kompyuternogo-foruma\/","title":{"rendered":"Technician at the Kurchatov Institute faces 8-year prison sentence over anti-war content on a computer forum"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Prosecutors have requested an eight-year sentence in a general-regime penal colony and a four-year ban on administering websites for Dmitry Bogmut, an employee of the Kurchatov Institute, RusNews\u2019 courtroom correspondent <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/rusnews\/79350\">reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cI cannot accept or understand the current glorification of war, and I strongly oppose it,\u201d<\/em> Bogmut said in his final statement. <em>\u201cFrom my point of view, resolving any global conflicts, problems, or disputes through military force is monstrous. Any war brings only blood, suffering, and death.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bogmut is being tried on charges of spreading \u201cwar fakes\u201d motivated by hatred (Point \u201cd\u201d, Part 2, Article 207.3 of the Russian Criminal Code). The case is being heard at the Gatchina City Court in the Leningrad Region. He was detained and placed in pretrial detention in the spring of 2024. The press service of St. Petersburg courts previously <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/SPbGS\/17377\">stated<\/a> that he had disseminated <em>\u201ctexts, videos, and images containing knowingly false information,\u201d<\/em> including a Deutsche Welle video review titled <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=x0cvcQBHDbo\">\u201cAttack on Pavlohrad: How Putin Is Preparing for a Defensive War and Undermining the Combat Capability of the Russian Army.\u201d<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During the trial, it <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/rusnews\/74932\">emerged<\/a> that Bogmut had posted his comments about the war on the iXBT computer forum, in a closed political section accessible to about 12 users, some of whom supported Russia\u2019s aggression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The physicist later <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/rusnews\/74932\">retracted<\/a> the testimony he had given during the investigation, in which he admitted guilt and expressed remorse. He said he had falsely incriminated himself due to psychological pressure from a cellmate. <em>\u201cI had no intent to spread knowingly false information; my intent was to spread truthful information,\u201d<\/em> Bogmut said, explaining why he does not plead guilty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The defendant also <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/rusnews\/77369\">spoke<\/a> about violence and humiliation by law enforcement officers during his detention. In particular, he said that during a search of his workplace he was forced to kneel for two hours, officers <em>\u201cmade him pronounce Ukrainian words out loud,\u201d<\/em> demanded that he apologize on camera, and before taking him to court for the hearing on pretrial detention, did not allow him to put on outdoor trousers \u2014 he appeared at the hearing wearing only under trousers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Before his arrest, Bogmut worked as a laboratory technician in neutron physico-chemical research at the St. Petersburg Institute of Nuclear Physics, which is part of the National Research Center \u201cKurchatov Institute.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-53939","news","type-news","status-publish","hentry","regions-leningrad-oblast","news-type-nashi-novosti-en"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Technician at the Kurchatov Institute faces 8-year prison sentence over anti-war content on a computer forum - Political prisoners support. 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