Elena Filina
- Criminal Code
- Article 207.3 part 2 item d, Russian Criminal Code
- Case category
- Anti-war cases
- Verdict
- Ban on activity, Imprisonment (in absentia)
- Sentence
- 8 years
- Date of verdict
- 2025-03-06
- Region
- Moscow
- City
- Moscow
Case summary
She is a former deputy of Moscow's Prospekt Vernadskogo district. A case was opened against her for dissemination of knowingly fake information about Russian Armed Forces because of a post condemning crimes in Irpen and Bucha. She left Russia, she was put on a wanted list and arrested in absentia.
On 6 March 2025, Filina was sentenced in absentia to eight years. On 19 June, Moscow City Court cancelled the sentence because of a violation of the Code of Criminal Procedure: the judge did not schedule a preliminary hearing, which is mandatory for trials held in the absence of the defendant. In July, the case went to the court of first instance for a new hearing. On 16 September 2025, a new verdict was passed, details are unknown.
Others charged under Article 207.3 part 2 item d, Russian Criminal Code
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