Yulia Podoinitsyna
Yulia Podoinitsyna, Zabaykalsky Krai. Charges: Article 207.3 part 2 item d, Russian Criminal Code (Dissemination of false information about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, government…); “Yulia Podoinitsyna’s case on "fakes" about the Russian Armed Forces”. Sentence (December 9, 2024): a fine of 3,000,000 roubles. Status: at large.
In brief
Zabaykalsky Krai · NULL · Military personnel, Artists · Anti-war cases
Sentence
a fine of 3,000,000 roubles
No information about an appeal ruling.
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 reason for the initiation of the case was a YouTube video about civilian casualties in Ukraine, which Podoinitsyna shared with her fellow servicemen via an internal programme with a forum function in an attempt to prove that civilians were being killed in shelling. After a few minutes, she deleted the video, but a fellow serviceman took his phone to the counterintelligence officer at the military unit and told him about the argument. The video was restored. The information in the video was declared "fake" according to the results of the preliminary investigation.
Latest event
December 9, 2024 — first-instance verdict
The court delivered a guilty verdict.
Criminal case
Yulia Podoinitsyna’s case on "fakes" about the Russian Armed Forces
- Case number
- 1-155/2024
Thematic group: Anti-war case
Details and sources
Full summary
A resident of the Trans-Baikal Territory, a soloist of a military orchestra. She was prosecuted for spreading deliberately false information about the Russian Armed Forces because, on the orchestra’s internal forum, where participants' events were reported, she tried to convince her fellow servicemen that civilians were being killed in Ukraine. Podoinitsyna shared a YouTube video on the topic with the servicemen. After a few minutes, she deleted the video, but a fellow serviceman took his phone to a counterintelligence officer at the military unit and told him about the argument. The video was restored. Podoinitsyna was released under an undertaking not to abscond. In November 2024, the case went to court. On 9 December, the servicewoman was sentenced to a fine of 3,000,000 roubles.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
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