The criminal case against the writer Dmytro Hlukhovsky was transferred to the court

The Prosecutor General’s Office of Russia approved the indictment in the criminal case against the writer Dmitry Glukhovsky and transferred him to the Basmanny Court of Moscow. Glukhovsky is accused of publicly spreading fakes about the Russian army.

According to the investigation, in the period from March to May 2022, Glukhovsky, while outside of Russia, “posted text messages and videos on social networks containing knowingly false information about the actions of Russian servicemen” in Ukraine.

• Dmitry Glukhovsky is a modern Russian writer, the author of the “Metro” series of novels and the novel “Text”, which was filmed in 2019. He himself wrote the script for the film “Text”, for which he received the “Nika” film award.
• After the start of Russia’s full-scale military aggression against Ukraine, Glukhovsky sharply criticized the actions of Vladimir Putin. In his social networks, the writer talked about the murders of Ukrainian civilians and the losses of the Russian army. After that, Glukhovsky was recognized as a “foreign agent”, a criminal case was opened against him and he was put on an international wanted list, since he has been living abroad for the past few years. The Russian court arrested the writer in absentia.