Peykrishvili Piruz Bessarionovich

In Komsomolsk-on-Amur, Khabarovsk Krai, a criminal case was opened against local resident Piruz Peykrishvili for repeated "discrediting" of the Russian army. The exact date of detention and the chosen preventive measure are unknown. According to the investigation, Peikrishvili expressed a negative attitude towards the conduct of the special military operation by the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation on the territory of Ukraine on his personal page on a social network, publicly posted a video in which he gave a negative characterization of the goals and nature of the use of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, assessed the actions of representatives of the state authorities of the Russian Federation as treacherous, aimed at destroying their own people, while encouraging actions aimed against the functioning of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. Earlier, in May 2023, the Komsomolsk City Court fined Peikrishvili under an administrative article on discrediting the army." 1. The reason for this was a video that he published on his page on an unnamed social network. The video, according to the security forces, causes a negative attitude" towards Russia's invasion of Ukraine. On December 13, 2023, the Komsomolsky District Court of the Khabarovsk Territory found Piruz Peikrishvili guilty and sentenced him to 1 year of imprisonment suspended for 2 years, with deprivation of the right to engage in activities related to the placement of information on the Internet for 2 years. The verdict was not appealed and entered into legal force. No later than May 2024, a second criminal case was initiated against Piruz Peykrishvili for repeated "discrediting of the army." "The man is also charged with 'fakes' about the Russian army motivated by political hatred. The date of the initiation of the criminal case, as well as details of the charges and the chosen measure of restraint, are unknown. On December 12, 2024, the Komsomolsky District Court of Khabarovsk Krai found Piruz Peykrishvili guilty and sentenced him to 6 years of imprisonment in a general regime colony and deprivation of the right to engage in placing information on the Internet for 3 years. On February 27, 2025, the Khabarovsk Regional Court upheld the sentence.