The creator of the “Biology of War” course has been arrested in absentia on charges of spreading military “fake news.”

Sergei Lopatin, a 29-year-old biologist, has been arrested in absentia in connection with a case on military “fake news” (clause “d” part 2 article 207.3 of the Criminal Code) and placed on an interstate wanted list. This was reported by Ostorozhno, novosti.

A criminal case was opened against Lopatin back in 2024 over a post on Bucha on VKontakte; later, the biologist was added to a federal wanted list.

Lopatin graduated from Moscow State University and worked as a school biology teacher in Moscow, volunteered with human rights organisations, and spoke out publicly against the war. He was fined and dismissed from one school after a solo protest with a placard reading: “When I was a child I was taught: ‘As long as there’s no war.’ Now I am a teacher. And I don’t know what to say to my students.” He was later detained after a rally against mobilisation and dismissed from a second school. Following this, the biologist left Russia.

While in exile, Lopatin began popularising biology—running a Telegram channel and holding educational lectures. He has developed several courses, including “The Biology of War.”