Elena Popova
- Criminal Code
- Article 207.3 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
- Case category
- Anti-war casesCases against "foreign agents"
- Region
- Saint Petersburg
- City
- Saint Petersburg
- Address for letters
- 109383, г. Москва, ул. Шоссейная, д. 92, ФКУ СИЗО-6 ГУФСИН России по г. Москве ("Печатники"), Попова Елена Владимировна, 1965 г.р.
Case summary
Resident of St. Petersburg, founder of the Conscious Refusers Movement. In July 2025 she left the project. On 5 August 2025, she was searched and detained in a case of spreading deliberately false information about the Russian Armed Forces because of a stream for the movement's birthday, which she posted on her VKontakte page.
Others charged under Article 207.3 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
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