Anastasiia Chumakova
Anastasiia Chumakova, born 1992, Ulyanovsk Oblast. 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…). Sentenced on October 2, 2026. Status: not in Russia.
In brief
Ulyanovsk Oblast · Ulyanovsk · Journalists · Anti-war cases, Cases against "foreign agents"
Sentence
7 years
Imprisonment (in absentia)
No information about an appeal ruling.
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)
- 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
Full wording of the charges
The reason for the case was the reposting of ASTRA materials about the killings of civilians in Bucha to Chumakova's personal channel. In particular, it concerns interviews of relatives of civilians killed by the Russian military: and
Latest event
October 2, 2026 — first-instance verdict
The court delivered a guilty verdict: 7 years.
Timeline
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 7 years
· Preventive measure: arrest in absentia
· Criminal case opened
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Persecution begins
Anastasia Chumakova's case of "fakes" about the army
Criminal case
Anastasia Chumakova's case of "fakes" about the army
Thematic group: Anti-war case
Details and sources
Full summary
Founder of the ASTRA publication. On 24 October 2025, her mother was searched in the case of dissemination of knowingly false information about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, which was initiated against Chumakova. Later it became known that the reason for the case was reposts of ASTRA materials about the killing of civilians in Bucha.
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.