Kseniia Luchenko
- Criminal Code
- Article 207.3 part 2 item d, Russian Criminal Code
- Case category
- Anti-war casesCases against "foreign agents"
- Verdict
- Imprisonment (in absentia)
- Sentence
- 8 years
- Date of verdict
- 2026-03-24
- Region
- Moscow
- City
- Moscow
Case summary
A journalist specialising in the Russian Orthodox Church, its influence on Russian politics and society, and church-state relations. She runs the Telegram channel "Orthodoxy and Zombies", which had 27 thousand subscribers at the time the case was opened.
On 29 September 2025, the Investigative Committee announced that a case had been opened against her over military "fake news" due to a post on her Telegram channel "Orthodoxy and Zombies", in which she wrote about a missile strike on the children’s hospital "Okhmatdyt" in Kyiv in July 2024, and the republication of that post on the Echo website.
In May 2025, the Ministry of Justice included the journalist on the list of "foreign agents".
On 24 March 2026, in the case concerning "fake news", Luchenko was sentenced in absentia to eight years’ imprisonment.
Others charged under Article 207.3 part 2 item d, Russian Criminal Code
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