Ekaterina Fomenko
Ekaterina Fomenko, born 1986, Occupied territory of Sevastopol. Charges: Article 207.3 part 2 item d, Russian Criminal Code (Dissemination of false information about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, government…); “Ekaterina Fomenko's case of "fakes" about Armed forces of the Russian Federation”. Sentence (November 11, 2025): 5 years 6 months and 15 days' imprisonment in a general regime colony, with a 2-year ban on running websites and online… Status: imprisoned. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, September 2, 2025.
In brief
Occupied territory of Sevastopol · Sevastopol · Anti-war cases
Sentence
5 years 6 months
and 15 days' imprisonment in a general regime colony, with a 2-year ban on running websites and online pages
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 Interior Ministry claimed that Fomenko had published comments containing false information about the actions of the Russian military in Ukraine, discredited the Russian president, and incited hatred on racial and national grounds. The ministry’s statement included screenshots of her comments: “Hypocrites, katsaps cannot be trusted… and they raped and killed our people,” “I belong to no one, I’m for Ukraine. You’re filling heads with the idea that we should surrender everything, give our house to the Buryats, put our mother under [censored], while you yourself are all [censored] and fawning over the ‘liberators.’” It is unclear whether these comments specifically served as the basis for the case.
Latest event
November 11, 2025 — first-instance verdict
The court delivered a guilty verdict: 5 years 6 months.
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, September 2, 2025
Timeline
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 5 years 6 months
· Removed from the Rosfinmonitoring list
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol
· Persecution begins
Ekaterina Fomenko's case of "fakes" about Armed forces of the Russian Federation
Criminal case
Ekaterina Fomenko's case of "fakes" about Armed forces of the Russian Federation
- Case number
- 1-288/2025
Thematic group: Anti-war case
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Full summary
A resident of Sevastopol. In May and June 2025, she was fined three times under administrative cases of discrediting the army (Article 20.3.3 of the Administrative Code) and incitement to hatred (Article 20.3.1 of the Administrative Code) because of her comments about the war in Ukraine. On 7 July 2025, she was taken into custody in the case of spreading deliberately false information about the Russian Armed Forces. The Interior Ministry claimed that she had published comments with inaccurate information about the actions of the Russian military in Ukraine, discredited the Russian president and incited hatred on racial and national grounds. On 11 November 2025, Fomenko was sentenced to five years, six months and 15 days in a general regime colony.
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