Lilia Khvylka
Lilia Khvylka, born 1996, Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea. Charges: Article 207.3 part 2 item d, Russian Criminal Code (Dissemination of false information about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, government…); “Liliia Khvylka's case of "fakes" about the Russian army”. Sentence (September 22, 2025): 5 years 6 months' imprisonment with a 3-year ban on administering websites. Status: not in Russia. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, October 7, 2022.
In brief
Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea · Kerch · Shop assistants · Anti-war cases
Sentence
5 years 6 months
imprisonment with a 3-year ban on administering websites
Upheld November 27, 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 case was initiated because of an April Instagram post in which Khvylka criticises the Russian army for shelling the train station in Kramatorsk.
Latest event
November 27, 2025 — appeal
The court upheld the verdict.
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, October 7, 2022
Timeline
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 5 years 6 months
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
· Preventive measure: arrest in absentia
· Preventive measure: house arrest
· Persecution begins
Liliia Khvylka's case of "fakes" about the Russian army
Criminal case
Liliia Khvylka's case of "fakes" about the Russian army
- Case number
- 1-347/2025
Thematic group: Anti-war case
Details and sources
Full 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.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia, Ukraine
Other people prosecuted under Article 207.3 part 2 item d, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.