Anna Bazhutova (YokoBovich)
Anna Bazhutova (YokoBovich), born 1993, Moscow. Charges: Article 207.3 part 2 item d, Russian Criminal Code (Dissemination of false information about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, government…); “YokoBovich's case on "fakes" about the RF Armed Forces”. Sentence (June 5, 2024): Five years and six months' imprisonment to be served in a general regime penal colony, ban of activities related to the… Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since July 11, 2024; place of detention: Penal colony No. 5, Tver Oblast. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, September 12, 2023.
In brief
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Sentence
5 years 6 months
Five years and six months' imprisonment to be served in a general regime penal colony, ban of activities related to the administration of sites on electronic, information and telecommunications networks, including the Internet, for a period of three years
Upheld December 4, 2025
Charges
- Article 207.3 part 2 item d, Russian Criminal Code — Dissemination of false information about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, government agencies, or mercenaries (based on political, ideological, racial, national or religious hatred or enmity, or on grounds of hatred or enmity in relation to any social group)
Full wording of the charges
The accusation was based on a stream made in June 2023, during which Bazhutova, according to the official version, read out the news on the murder of Bucha residents and a rape commited by a Russian soldier, wrote on a banner that 300 Bucha residents were killed by Russian soldiers, uttered the phrase "death to Russian occupiers", and, in addition, called for "elimination" of the "Russians" responsible for these crimes.
Latest event
December 4, 2025 — cassation
The court upheld the verdict.
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, September 12, 2023
Timeline
· Cassation ruling
upheld
· Imprisonment begins
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Perm Krai
· Preventive measure: transfer between facilities
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 5 years 6 months
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
· Persecution begins
YokoBovich's case on "fakes" about the RF Armed Forces
Criminal case
YokoBovich's case on "fakes" about the RF Armed Forces
- Case number
- 01-0756/2023
Thematic group: Anti-war case
Write a letter
Facility: Penal colony No. 5, Tver Oblast
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
171161, Тверская область, г. Вышний Волочек, Ржевский тракт, д. 7, ФКУ «ИК № 5 УФСИН России по Тверской области», Бажутова Анна Николаевна, 1993 г.р.
Details and sources
Full summary
Twitch streamer. A case was opened against her for spreading deliberately false information about the Russian Armed Forces. Bazhutova was taken into custody. At one of the court hearings Bazhutova's partner Alexander Demchuk said that he had testified under torture: according to him, the interrogation lasted about nine hours, it was conducted by six to eight people, during a part of the interrogation he was lying on the floor and did not know where he was, he was threatened with initiation of criminal proceedings and physical violence. The interrogation protocol had been rewritten six times. In the end, Demchuk was forced to state that he supported the war and condemned Bazhutova's actions. The court recognised this method of investigation inadmissible and adjourned the hearing. On 5 June 2024, Bazhutova was sentenced to five and a half years in a general regime penal colony.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
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