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Tatiana Savinkina

At largeChecked October 18, 2026

Tatiana Savinkina, born 1945, Karelia. Charges: Article 280.3 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Discrediting the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, government agencies, or mercenaries); “Tatyana Savinkina's case of repeated discrediting of the Russian Armed Forces”. Sentence (December 4, 2024): A fine in the amount of 200 thousand roubles, to be released from punishment due to the expiry of the statute of… Status: at large.

In brief

Karelia · Petrozavodsk · Former officials · Anti-war cases

Sentence

A fine in the amount of 200 thousand roubles, to be released from punishment due to the expiry of the statute of limitations of the offence

Verdict December 4, 2024

No information about an appeal ruling.

Charges

Full wording of the charges

The criminal case was initiated because of anti-war leaflets that Savinkina allegedly pasted in the entrance on 31 July 2022. Later, another episode appeared in the case - according to the investigation, Savinkina pasted a leaflet in the lift of a residential building on 24 September 2022, in which it was written the number of "young guys" who "returned to Russia in coffins" and that a "huge number" of children and the elderly had "died" in Ukraine. Before that, she was fined three times under the administrative article on discrediting the Armed Forces (Article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences). The first time, the reason for a fine of 30,000 rubles was the denunciation of the chairwoman of the housing association - she complained to the police about the leaflets "Putin, get out of Ukraine", which Savinkina hung in the entrance. The second time, Savinkina was fined 15,000 rubles because she wrote words about the war in Ukraine at a bus stop. The protocol was drawn up after a ninth-grade girl denounced her. For the third time, Savinkina was fined 15,000 rubles because she allegedly put up leaflets on a notice board in the entrance hall with "insulting the president".

Latest event

December 20, 2024 — persecution ends

Checked October 18, 2026 · no changes since October 15

Timeline

  1. · Persecution ends

  2. · First-instance verdict

    guilty verdict, released from serving the sentence

  3. · Persecution begins

    Tatyana Savinkina's case of repeated discrediting of the Russian Armed Forces

Criminal case

Tatyana Savinkina's case of repeated discrediting of the Russian Armed Forces

Case number
1-932/2024

There are no other defendants in this case in the database.

Thematic group: Anti-war case

Details and sources

Full summary

According to OVD-Info

Resident of Petrozavodsk. Before retirement she worked in the Ministry of Internal Affairs. After resigning as head of the enquiry department, she became involved in public activities. She supported the local branches of Memorial and Yabloko, participated in the rehabilitation of those repressed under the USSR, and worked as an assistant to a deputy of the Zakobrazhdan. After 24 February 2022, she spoke out against war with Ukraine. Savinkina was fined three times under the administrative article on discrediting the Armed Forces (Article 20.3.3 of the CAO). The first time, the reason for a fine of 30 thousand rubles was the denunciation of the chairwoman of the housing association - she complained to the police about the leaflets "Putin, get out of Ukraine", which Savinkina hung in the entrance. The second time, Savinkina was fined 15,000 rubles because she wrote words about the war in Ukraine at a bus stop. The protocol was drawn up after a ninth-grade girl denounced her. For the third time Savinkina was fined 15,000 rubles because she allegedly put up leaflets on a notice board in the entranceway with "insulting the president." The criminal case was initiated because of anti-war leaflets, which Savinkina allegedly pasted in the entrance on 31 July 2022. In October 2022, it became known that another case under the same article was brought against Savinkina, this time because of a leaflet she allegedly pasted in the lift of a residential building on 24 September. On the leaflet was written the number of "young guys" who "returned to Russia in coffins". It also said that a "huge number" of children and old people had "died" in Ukraine. The cases came together. On 4 December 2024, Savinkina was sentenced to a fine of 200,000 rubles, but was released due to the expiration of the statute of limitations.

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