Tatyana Lazareva
Tatyana Lazareva, born 1966, Moscow. Charges: Article 330.1 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Violation of the procedure for activities of a foreign agent, committed by a person after being…); “Tatyana Lazareva's case of evading the duties of a "foreign agent"”, opened on January 1, 2025. Sentence (October 7, 2025): 1 year 9 months of corrective labour in absentia, taking into account the sentence in the previous case — 7 years'…; previously convicted under Article 205.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code. Status: not in Russia.
In brief
Moscow · Moscow · Artists, Journalists · Anti-war cases, Terrorism cases, Cases against "foreign agents"
Sentence
1 year 9 months of corrective labour in absentia, taking into account the sentence in the previous case — 7 years' imprisonment in absentia
Upheld March 5, 2026
Other verdicts
- December 23, 2024 — 6 years 6 months' imprisonment in absentia
Charges
- Article 330.1 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Violation of the procedure for activities of a foreign agent, committed by a person after being persecuted for an administrative offence
- Article 205.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Public incitement to terrorism or justification of terrorism (using media or the internet)
Latest event
March 5, 2026 — first-instance verdict
The court delivered a guilty verdict.
Timeline
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· Criminal case opened
Tatyana Lazareva's case of evading the duties of a "foreign agent"
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 6 years 6 months
· Preventive measure: arrest in absentia
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Persecution begins
Tatyana Lazareva's case of public justification of terrorism
· Added to the register of “foreign agents”
Criminal case
Tatyana Lazareva's case of evading the duties of a "foreign agent"
- Case number
- 01-0502/2025
Tatyana Lazareva's case of public justification of terrorism
Thematic group: Anti-war case
Details and sources
Full summary
Actress, TV presenter. In July 2022, she was included in the register of "foreign agents". On 13 June 2024, it was reported that Lazareva was put on a wanted list. Later, it became known that a case of public justification of terrorism was brought against her because of a video in which she says that, "no matter how terrible", she approves of the drone strikes on the territory of Russia. On 24 December 2024, Lazareva was sentenced in absentia to six and a half years in prison.
In July 2025, it became known that Lazareva was prosecuted for evading her duties as a "foreign agent". On 7 October 2025, she was sentenced in absentia to one year and nine months of correctional labour. Taking into account the sentence in the previous case, the final sentence was seven years' imprisonment in absentia. On 4 February 2026, the Court of Appeal overturned the sentence because the case had been heard by a district court and not by a magistrate, as required by law. On 5 March, the magistrate passed the same sentence.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
- Preventive measures
- arrest in absentia
- Persecution episodes
- 2
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