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Raisa Boldova

At largeChecked October 18, 2026

Raisa Boldova, born 1961, Bashkortostan. Charges: Article 207.3 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Dissemination of false information about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, government…); “The case of Raisa Boldova on "fakes" about the activities of the Russian Armed Forces on the territory of Ukraine in Sterlitamak”. Sentence (February 21, 2023): Suspended sentence for 1 year of correctional labour with a probation period of 6 months. Status: at large.

In brief

Bashkortostan · Sterlitamak · Teachers · Anti-war cases

Sentence

Suspended sentence for 1 year of correctional labour with a probation period of 6 months

Verdict February 21, 2023

No information about an appeal ruling.

Charges

Full wording of the charges

According to the investigation, she published "in one of the social networks" photos and videos that contain "signs of public dissemination of deliberately false information" about the "special operation" in Ukraine. The videos and their comments referred to an airstrike on a maternity hospital in Mariupol that killed a pregnant woman and regular shelling of Mariupol by the Russian army.

Latest event

August 1, 2023 — persecution ends

Checked October 18, 2026 · no changes since October 15

Timeline

  1. · Persecution ends

  2. · First-instance verdict

    guilty verdict

  3. · Persecution begins

    The case of Raisa Boldova on "fakes" about the activities of the Russian Armed Forces on the territory of Ukraine in Sterlitamak

Criminal case

The case of Raisa Boldova on "fakes" about the activities of the Russian Armed Forces on the territory of Ukraine in Sterlitamak

There are no other defendants in this case in the database.

Thematic group: Anti-war case

Details and sources

Full summary

According to OVD-Info

A resident of Sterlitamak, a Russian language tutor. Eco-activist, participated in protests in defence of the Kushtau shikhan, a small mountain that the local authorities wanted to give for soda and limestone mining. In April 2022, a case of "fakes" about the Armed Forces was brought against her. In December, the court ordered Boldova to undergo an outpatient psychiatric evaluation. On 22 February 2023, she was sentenced to a year of correctional work suspended.

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