Olga Evstafeva
Olga Evstafeva, Leningrad Oblast. Charges: Article 207.3 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Dissemination of false information about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, government…); “Olga Evstafeva's case of "fakes" about the RF Armed Forces”. Sentence (December 4, 2025): 6 months' corrective labor, with 5% of wages withheld and transferred to the state. Status: at large.
In brief
Leningrad Oblast · Vyborg · Anti-war cases
Sentence
6 months' corrective labor, with 5% of wages withheld and transferred to the state
No information about an appeal ruling.
Charges
- Article 207.3 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Dissemination of false information about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, government agencies, or mercenaries
Full wording of the charges
According to the prosecution, Evstafeva left the following comment in the "Pravdivosti Chat" telegram chat: "I see, in three years, not a single regional centre has been taken by the "2nd best military in the world", and those villages that have been captured have been turned into ashes and ruins. What to say, in Suja, the Russians hit a school building, which was used as a shelter for senior people, with an aerial bomb. Ninety-five Russian citizens remain blocked in the building. Outlaws."
Latest event
December 4, 2025 — first-instance verdict
The court delivered a guilty verdict.
Criminal case
Olga Evstafeva's case of "fakes" about the RF Armed Forces
- Case number
- 1-600/2025
Thematic group: Anti-war case
Details and sources
Full summary
A resident of Vyborg. A case was brought against her for "spreading deliberately false information about the Russian Armed Forces" because of a comment in which she accused the Russian army of strikes on civilian objects during the war in Ukraine.
On 4 December 2025, the court sentenced her to six months of corrective labour.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 207.3 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
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