# Russian cuisine historian Pavel Syutkin sentenced to six years over antiwar statement

https://mins.news/en/item/59238

- Meduza, 2026-09-15 12:37 UTC
- World
- Original: https://meduza.io/en/news/2026/09/15/historian-of-russian-cuisine-pavel-syutkin-sentenced-to-six-years-in-prison-over-antiwar-statement

> Moscow’s Zyuzinsky District Court sentenced writer and Russian cuisine historian Pavel Syutkin to six years in prison for allegedly spreading “fakes” about the army. The closed-door case centered on a 2022 Telegram post criticizing Putin’s war. Syutkin denied guilt and called the prosecution political.

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