Lilia Khvylka
- 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
- 5 years 6 months
- Date of verdict
- 2025-09-22
- Region
- Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea
- City
- Kerch
Case summary
Kerch resident. Changed her gender marker. Formerly an activist of the LDPR and the United Russia Young Guard. She has a higher legal education. Worked as a shop assistant in Kerch.
Detained in August 2022 in the case of spreading "fakes" about the Russian army because of the April post about the strike on the railway station in Kramatorsk, which killed 60 people. The court sent Khvylka under house arrest. On 4 October, the court arrested her in absentia after she went into hiding.
On 22 September 2025, Khvylyka was sentenced in absentia to five and a half years.
Others charged under Article 207.3 part 2 item d, Russian Criminal Code
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