Tamara Eidelman
Tamara Eidelman, born 1958, Moscow. Charges: Article 207.3 part 2 item d, Russian Criminal Code (Dissemination of false information about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, government…); Article 354.1 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Dissemination of false information about the Second World War (using an official position, by a…); Article 354.1 part 4, Russian Criminal Code (Insulting the memory, symbols, and veterans of the Great Patriotic War (committed by a group of…); “Tamara Eidelman’s case of rehabilitation of Nazism and war "fakes"”. Status: not in Russia.
In brief
Moscow · Moscow · Bloggers, Scientists · Anti-war cases, Cases against "foreign agents"
Sentence
No information about a verdict.
Preventive measure: arrest in absentia since October 31, 2025
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 354.1 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Dissemination of false information about the Second World War (using an official position, by a group of individuals, using media or the internet, with fabricating evidence for the prosecution)
- Article 354.1 part 4, Russian Criminal Code — Insulting the memory, symbols, and veterans of the Great Patriotic War (committed by a group of individuals or using mass media or the Internet)
Full wording of the charges
Presumably, the basis of the criminal case was one of the videos published on Eidelman’s YouTube channel, in which she spoke about 9 May. Previously, the Prosecutor’s Office stated that one of Eidelman’s videos contained “statements expressing clear disrespect for a Day of Military Glory of Russia and for a commemorative date of the Russian Federation related to the defense of the Fatherland, as well as statements insulting the memory of the defenders of the Fatherland.”
Latest event
October 31, 2025 — preventive measure: arrest in absentia
Timeline
· Preventive measure: arrest in absentia
· Persecution begins
Tamara Eidelman’s case of rehabilitation of Nazism and war "fakes"
· Added to the register of “foreign agents”
Criminal case
Tamara Eidelman’s case of rehabilitation of Nazism and war "fakes"
- Case number
- 2-0046/2026
Thematic group: Anti-war case
Details and sources
Full summary
A historian, history populariser, blogger, and former history teacher at a Moscow school. In September 2022, she was added to the register of "foreign agents". In June 2024, it became known that a criminal case had been opened against Eidelman under the article on the rehabilitation of Nazism. In May 2025, it was reported that a new case had been opened against her under the article on spreading "fakes" about the Russian army, based on a certain post on her Telegram channel.
On 31 October 2025, she was arrested in absentia: the entry on the court's website listed only the article on the rehabilitation of Nazism (the part concerning the dissemination of disrespectful information about the Days of Military Glory). At the same time, the Moscow Prosecutor's Office stated that she had also been arrested in connection with the case on spreading "fakes" about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.
Later, the case involving two episodes of rehabilitation of Nazism and one episode of spreading "fakes" about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation was sent to court. On 22 January 2026, the court returned the case to the Prosecutor's Office.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 207.3 part 2 item d, Russian Criminal Code
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