Maria Efrosinina
Maria Efrosinina, born 1979. Charges: Article 207.3 part 2 item d, Russian Criminal Code (Dissemination of false information about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, government…); “Maria Efrosinina's case of "fakes" about the RF Armed Forces”. Sentence (September 15, 2023): 7 years imprisonment in absentia. Status: not in Russia.
In brief
Journalists
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)
Full wording of the charges
The reason for the case were publications in Instagram.
Latest event
September 15, 2023 — first-instance verdict
The court delivered a guilty verdict: 7 years.
Timeline
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 7 years
· Preventive measure: arrest in absentia
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Persecution begins
Maria Efrosinina's case of "fakes" about the RF Armed Forces
Criminal case
Maria Efrosinina's case of "fakes" about the RF Armed Forces
- Case number
- 01-0438/2023
Details and sources
Full summary
TV presenter cooperating with Novy Channel, head of the public organisation Masha Foundation. In 2018, she became an ambassador of the UN Population Fund in Ukraine. The case against Efrosinina was initiated on 7 April 2022 under the 1st part of Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code in connection with publications in Instagram. On 1 July, she was put on a wanted list. In March 2023, the charge was reclassified to dissemination of knowingly false information with a hate motive (point "e" part 2 of article 207.3 of the Criminal Code). On 17 May Efrosinina was arrested in absentia. On 15 September 2023, she was sentenced in absentia to seven years.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Ukraine
- Preventive measures
- arrest in absentia
Other people prosecuted under Article 207.3 part 2 item d, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.