Dmitry Ivanov

Affiliated media: Telegram channel “Protest MSU” , Administrator

Incident date: December 22, 2025

Attack type:

• Non-fatal attack / beating / injury / torture

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Mediazona

Location: Russia, Tambov Oblast, Tambov Oblast

Additional information:

Dmitry Ivanov, the creator of the Telegram channel “Protest MSU”, who is serving his sentence at Tambov Penal Colony IK-3, has been placed in a punishment cell for seven days. Ivanov was accused of failing to greet his squad leader. In March 2023, Ivanov was sentenced to eight and a half years in prison for spreading so-called “fake news” about the Russian army, in connection with Telegram posts about Russian strikes on Ukraine.