Ekaterina Fatianova
Ekaterina Fatianova, born 1987, Krasnoyarsk Krai. Charges: Article 280.3 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Discrediting the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, government agencies, or mercenaries); “Ekaterina Fatianova's case of discrediting the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation”. Sentence (November 11, 2025): 1 year 5 months and 26 days' imprisonment in a colony-settlement. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since May 8, 2025; place of detention: Pre-trial detention centre No. 4, Krasnoyarsk Krai. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, May 16, 2025.
In brief
Krasnoyarsk Krai · Krasnoyarsk · Journalists · Anti-war cases
Sentence
1 year 6 months
1 year 5 months and 26 days' imprisonment in a colony-settlement
First instance, December 4, 2024: 2 years of community service
Charges
- Article 280.3 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Discrediting the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, government agencies, or mercenaries
Full wording of the charges
The case was opened for the article "Reflections on the Nature of Imperialism" published in the newspaper "Raboche-krestyansky Serp I Molot" (Workers’ and Peasants’ Sickle and Hammer), which Fatianova distributed on 9 May 2023 near Teatralnaya Square in Krasnoyarsk.
Latest event
November 12, 2025 — imprisonment begins
Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Krasnoyarsk Krai
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, May 16, 2025
Timeline
· Imprisonment begins
Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Krasnoyarsk Krai
· First-instance verdict
sentence changed
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict
· Preventive measure: temporary stay in hospital
· Preventive measure: travel ban (written undertaking)
· Preventive measure: no preventive measure
· Persecution begins
Ekaterina Fatianova's case of discrediting the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation
Criminal case
Ekaterina Fatianova's case of discrediting the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation
- Case number
- 1-381/2024
Thematic group: Anti-war case
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Facility: Pre-trial detention centre No. 4, Krasnoyarsk Krai
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
663302, Красноярский край, г. Норильск, ул. Октябрьская, 13-А, ФКУ СИЗО-4 ГУФСИН России по Красноярскому краю, Фатьянова Екатерина Андреевна, 1987 г.р.
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Full summary
A resident of Krasnoyarsk. In 2008, she headed the Krasnoyarsk branch of the opposition United Civil Front (UCF) and was an activist in the opposition coalition "Drugaya Rossiya – Krasnoyarsk" (The Other Russia - Krasnoyarsk). Following a speech at a rally of the Revolutionary-Patriotic Union of Krasnoyarsk on 1 May 2008, in which she called for revolution, she was charged with inciting extremist activities. On 24 December 2008, Fatianova was sentenced to 1 year and 4 months, suspended.
On 28 July 2022, her home was searched on suspicion of publicly spreading knowingly false information about the Russian army through the newspaper "Raboche-krestyansky Serp i Molot" (Workers’ and Peasants’ Sickle and Hammer). She was questioned by the FSB but released without formal charges.
At the end of January 2024, it became known that a case had been opened against her for discrediting the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation over materials published in the newspaper "Raboche-krestyansky Serp I Molot," which she distributed on 9 May 2023. On 4 December 2024, Fatianova was sentenced to 2 years of community service.
On 12 November 2025, the court modified her sentence, ordering her to serve the remaining part of the term in a colony-settlement.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
- Preventive measures
- ban on certain activities
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