Vladimir Zavyalov

Resident of Smolensk. On 6 April 2022 it became known about the initiation of a case against him for spreading deliberately false information about the Armed Forces because of the replacement of price tags in the shop with anti-war inscriptions. Zavyalov was placed under house arrest. At first, the case was brought under Part 1 of the Criminal Code 207.3, but then experts found a motive of political hatred in Zavyalov's actions, and the charge was reclassified to Part 2. After the prosecution asked Zavyalov to serve six years in a penal colony, he left Russia. On 5 March 2025, he was sentenced in absentia to five years. On 30 May 2025, on appeal, the sentence was cancelled and the case was sent for a new trial.