Anastasia Brukhanova
Anastasia Brukhanova, 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…); “The case of Anastasia Brukhanova on "fakes" about the RF Armed Forces”. Sentence (November 19, 2024): 8 years imprisonment in absentia. Status: not in Russia.
In brief
Moscow · Moscow · Politicians · Anti-war cases, Cases against "foreign agents"
Sentence
8 years
imprisonment in absentia
Upheld October 21, 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 reason for the case was some video that Brukhanova published on YouTube on 23 December.
Latest event
October 21, 2025 — cassation
The court upheld the verdict.
Timeline
· Cassation ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 8 years
· Preventive measure: arrest in absentia
· Persecution begins
The case of Anastasia Brukhanova on "fakes" about the RF Armed Forces
Criminal case
The case of Anastasia Brukhanova on "fakes" about the RF Armed Forces
- Case number
- 01-0654/2024
Thematic group: Anti-war case
Details and sources
Full summary
A Moscow resident, she worked at the Urban Projects Foundation of Ilya Varlamov and Maxim Kats. In 2016, she was elected as a municipal deputy in the Moscow district of Shchukino, where she headed the Housing and Public Utilities and beautification Commission. In 2019, she tried to pass to the Moscow City Duma, but she was not allowed to the elections. In the 2021 elections to the State Duma, Bryukhanova was leading in her single-mandate district after in-person voting and processing 99% of protocols. But after the counting of votes by remote electronic voting, she lost to the candidate from °A Just Russia° party. In April 2023, it became known that authorities opened a criminal case against Brukhanova for "fakes" about the Armed Forces, she was put on a wanted list. On 20 July, Brukhanova was arrested in absentia. On 19 November 2024, she was sentenced to eight years' imprisonment in absentia.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
- Preventive measures
- arrest in absentia
Other people prosecuted under Article 207.3 part 2 item d, Russian Criminal Code
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