Anastasia Burakova
Anastasia Burakova, born 1992, Moscow. Charges: Article 330.1 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Violation of the procedure for activities of a foreign agent, committed by a person after being…); “Anastasia Burakova's case concerning the evasion of obligations of a "foreign agent"”. Sentence (April 17, 2026): 1 year's imprisonment, with a previous sentence bringing the total to 8 years 2 months' imprisonment in absentia; previously convicted under Article 207.3 part 2 item d, Russian Criminal Code. Status: not in Russia.
In brief
Moscow, Saint Petersburg · Moscow, Saint Petersburg · Human rights defenders · Anti-war cases, Cases against "foreign agents", Cases related to mass actions
Sentence
1 year
s imprisonment, with a previous sentence bringing the total to 8 years 2 months' imprisonment in absentia
No information about an appeal ruling.
Other verdicts
- May 27, 2025 — 7,5 years' imprisonment with 3 years' prohibition of sites administration
Charges
- Article 330.1 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Violation of the procedure for activities of a foreign agent, committed by a person after being persecuted for an administrative offence
- 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)
Latest event
April 17, 2026 — first-instance verdict
The court delivered a guilty verdict: 1 year.
Timeline
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 1 year
· Cassation ruling
upheld
· Preventive measure: arrest in absentia
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 7 years 6 months
· Added to the register of “foreign agents”
Criminal case
Anastasia Burakova's case concerning the evasion of obligations of a "foreign agent"
- Case number
- 1-8/2026-206
Anastasia Burakova's case on "fakes" about the Russian Armed Forces
- Case number
- 01-0268/2025
Thematic group: Anti-war case
Details and sources
Full summary
Lawyer, founder of the Kovcheg project to help Russian emigrants. In December 2023, she was included in the register of "foreign agents". A case of "fakes" about the Russian Armed Forces was brought against her because of a video from her speech at a rally in Tbilisi on 24 February 2023, where she talks about shelling of Ukrainian cities and deaths of civilians in Ukraine. On 11 March 2025, the case went to court.
According to Burakova, the hate motive in the case was explained through a 2019 video in which she comments on the election campaign for the Moscow City Duma, in which many independent candidates were excluded from the election. The expert examination revealed Burakova's "statements containing a negative assessment of groups of persons on the grounds of professional affiliation: employees of election commissions participating in the elections to the Moscow City Duma, as well as employees, officials of the Moscow City Hall" through "a statement about the lack of votes of real people given in favour of the above officials". In March 2025, the case went to court. In May, she was sentenced in absentia to 7.5 years with a three-year ban on website administration.
In February 2026, Burakova was arrested in absentia in a case of evasion of her duties as a "foreign agent". On 17 April 2026, she was sentenced in absentia in this case to one year, taking into account the previous sentence - to eight years and two months in prison.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
- Preventive measures
- arrest in absentia
- Persecution episodes
- 2
Other people prosecuted under Article 207.3 part 2 item d, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.