Viktoria Arefyeva
Viktoria Arefyeva, born 2000, Saint Petersburg. Charges: Article 207 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Knowingly false reporting of an impending terrorist act (motivated by hooliganism, targeting social…); “The case of a false bomb threat of the Moscow District Court”. Status: location unknown.
In brief
Saint Petersburg · Saint Petersburg · Journalists · Anti-war cases
Sentence
No information about a verdict.
Charges
- Article 207 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Knowingly false reporting of an impending terrorist act (motivated by hooliganism, targeting social infrastructure or causing significant damage)
Full wording of the charges
A case has been opened in connection with the fact that an unknown person allegedly reported the mining of the Moscow District Court of St. Petersburg.
Latest event
September 24, 2022 — persecution begins
The case of a false bomb threat of the Moscow District Court
Criminal case
The case of a false bomb threat of the Moscow District Court
Other defendants in the case
- Polina B. — At large
- Barykina A — Location unknown
- Andrei Belous — Location unknown
- D. Bogdanov — Location unknown
- Anton Grachev — Location unknown
- Daniil Krinari — Location unknown
- Evgeniya Litvinova — Not in Russia
- Dmitrii Martynichev — Location unknown
- Egor Pavlov — Location unknown
- Bella Rapoport — Location unknown
Thematic group: Anti-war case
Details and sources
Full summary
On 2 April 2022, Arefyeva filmed the action of "Vesna" activist Lina Barabash, who hung an anti-war banner and chained herself to the fence of the military hospital on Suvorovsky Prospekt. At that time, men in military uniform came up to the girls, demanded to stop the action and attacked Victoria: they threw her and the participants of the action on the ground, because of which the journalist's glasses and phone were broken. The men took away the girls' personal belongings and gave them back only when the police arrived. On 24 September 2022, law enforcement officers broke down the door to Arefyeva's flat and seized the journalist's and her sister's equipment. Arefyeva was detained as part of a case of a false bomb threat, but was later released on a non-disclosure bond. The case was one of a large series of cases filed in 2022 against anti-war protesters.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 207 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.