Evgeniya Kumpan
Evgeniya Kumpan, born 1968, Kaliningrad Oblast. Charges: Article 280.4 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Public calls for activities against state security (by a group, using official position, mass media…); “Evgeniia Kupman's case of public calls for activities against the security of the Russian Federation”. Sentence (October 28, 2025): 3 years and 4 months imprisonment in a general-regime penal colony, plus a 3-year ban on posting information on the… Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since August 18, 2025; place of detention: Penal colony No. 4, Kaliningrad Oblast. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, May 5, 2026.
In brief
Sentence
3 years 4 months
3 years and 4 months imprisonment in a general-regime penal colony, plus a 3-year ban on posting information on the internet
First instance, August 18, 2025: 3 years 2 months
Charges
- Article 280.4 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Public calls for activities against state security (by a group, using official position, mass media, or the internet)
Full wording of the charges
The grounds for opening the case were the words “Blow the factories for fuck's sake,” left under a post in one of the Ukrainian Telegram channels, which published footage from a Russian factory where Geran-K drones were allegedly produced.
Latest event
May 5, 2026 — recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, May 5, 2026
Timeline
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
· Appeal ruling
sentence changed · 3 years 4 months
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 3 years 2 months
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Kaliningrad Oblast
Criminal case
Evgeniia Kupman's case of public calls for activities against the security of the Russian Federation
- Case number
- 1-25/2025
Thematic group: Anti-war case
Write a letter
Facility: Penal colony No. 4, Kaliningrad Oblast
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
238543, Калининградская область, Зеленоградский район, п. Колосовка, ФКУ «ИК № 4 УФСИН России по Калининградской области», Кумпан Евгения Ивановна, 1968 г.р.
Details and sources
Full summary
Resident of the Kaliningrad region, postman. A criminal case was opened against her for calls to engage in the activities against the security of the Russian Federation because of her statements about drone factories. On August 18, 2025, the court sentenced her to three years and two months' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
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