Evgeniia Samokhina
- Criminal Code
- Article 207.3 part 2 item d, Russian Criminal Code
- Case category
- Anti-war cases
- Verdict
- Imprisonment (general regime)
- Sentence
- 6 years
- Date of verdict
- 2025-04-17
- Region
- Moscow Oblast
- City
- Pushkino
- Facility
- ФКУ «ИК № 5 УФСИН по Московской области»
- Address for letters
- 143202 Московская область, Можайский р-н, п. им. Дзержинского, д.1, ФКУ «ИК № 5 УФСИН по Московской области», Самохина Евгения Сергеевна, 1977 г.р.
Case summary
A resident of Pushkino (Moscow region). Allegedly, in October 2022, she was fined 42 thousand rubles (US$534) in Moscow under the article on discrediting the Russian army (part 1 of article 20.3.3.3 of the Administrative Code) because on 1 October 2022 she was travelling in a car with blue and yellow ribbons and the inscription "No to War" on the rear window. In June 2024, it became known that she was detained in a criminal case for spreading deliberately false information about the Russian Armed Forces. Samokhina was taken into custody. On 17 April 2025, she was sentenced to six years in a general regime colony.
Others charged under Article 207.3 part 2 item d, Russian Criminal Code
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