Diana Burkot
- Criminal Code
- Article 207.3 part 2 items b, d, Russian Criminal Code
- Case category
- Anti-war casesCases related to mass actions
- Verdict
- Imprisonment (in absentia)
- Sentence
- 8 years
- Date of verdict
- 2025-09-15
- Region
- Moscow
- City
- Moscow
Case summary
A member of Pussy Riot. In September 2024, she was put on a wanted list in the case of disseminating deliberately false information about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation because of the clip "Mum, don't watch TV" and the action in the Munich Museum. On September 15, 2025, the court sentenced her in absentia to eight years in a general regime colony.
Others charged under Article 207.3 part 2 items b, d, Russian Criminal Code
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