Ekaterina Fomina
Ekaterina Fomina, born 1992, 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…); “The case of Ekaterina Fomina and Roman Anin of "fake facts" about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation”. Sentence (March 31, 2025): 8 years 6 months' imprisonment in absentia. Status: not in Russia.
In brief
Moscow · Moscow · Journalists · Anti-war cases
Sentence
8 years 6 months
imprisonment in absentia
Upheld November 17, 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)
Full wording of the charges
The reason for the case was the interview that the journalist conducted with serviceman Daniil Frolkin, in which he confessed his involvement in the killings of civilians in the Kiev Region and other crimes. TASS claims that Fomina told Frolkin that she had materials compromising him, and in exchange for not disclosing it, he gave her an interview "containing false information about the actions of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation".
Latest event
November 17, 2025 — appeal
The court upheld the verdict.
Timeline
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 8 years 6 months
· Preventive measure: arrest in absentia
Criminal case
The case of Ekaterina Fomina and Roman Anin of "fake facts" about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation
- Case number
- 01-0437/2024
Other defendants in the case
- Roman Anin — Not in Russia, 8 years 6 months
Thematic group: Anti-war case; The case of iStories media publication
Details and sources
Full summary
A former correspondent of the publication Vazhnye Istorii (Important Stories). She left Russia in March 2022. In January 2024, it became known that Fomina was prosecuted for "fakes" about the Armed Forces, related to an interview she conducted in July 2022 with serviceman Daniil Frolkin - during the conversation with the journalist, he confessed his involvement in the killing of civilians in the Kiev region and other crimes. A similar case was also brought against Frolkin, and he was sentenced to five and a half years suspended sentence. TASS in a report on the case against Fomina, claimed that the journalist had promised to help Frolkin to leave for one of the NATO countries where he could seek political asylum, but she failed to keep her promise. On 17 June 2024 it became known that Fomina was declared wanted. On the same day she was arrested in absentia in the case of spreading deliberately false information about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. The reason was the interview with Frolkin. On 31 March 2025, Fomina was sentenced in absentia to eight and a half years.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
- Preventive measures
- arrest in absentia
Other people prosecuted under Article 207.3 part 2 item d, Russian Criminal Code
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