Anastasia Berezhinskaya
- Criminal Code
- Article 205.2 part 2, Russian Criminal CodeArticle 207.3 part 2 item d, Russian Criminal CodeArticle 280.3 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
- Case category
- Anti-war casesTerrorism cases
- Verdict
- Ban on activity, Imprisonment (general regime)
- Sentence
- 8 years
- Date of verdict
- 2024-11-14
- Region
- Moscow
- City
- Moscow
- Facility
- ФКУ «ИК № 1 УФСИН России по Вологодской области»
- Address for letters
- 160012 Вологодская область, г. Вологда, ул. Левичева д.1-а, ФКУ «ИК № 1 УФСИН России по Вологодской области», Бережинская Анастасия Александровна, 1981 г.р.
Case summary
A resident of Moscow, a film director. In May 2024, it became known that a case of public justification of terrorism was brought against her. Berezhinskaya was given a recognizance not to leave. Later was revealed that she was also charged with spreading deliberately false information about the Armed Forces and discrediting the Armed Forces. On 14 November 2024, Berezhinskaya was sentenced to eight years in a general regime penal colony.
Others charged under Article 205.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
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