Irina Sedelnikova
- Criminal Code
- Article 207.3 part 2 items a, d, Russian Criminal Code
- Case category
- Anti-war cases
- Verdict
- Ban on activity, Suspended prison sentence
- Sentence
- 3 years
- Date of verdict
- 2023-11-07
- Region
- Nizhny Novgorod Oblast
- City
- Nizhny Novgorod
Case summary
An employee of the Nizhny Novgorod branch of the Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA). A case of dissemination of deliberately false information about Russian armed forces was initiated against her, and Sedelnikova was placed under house arrest. During one of the court sessions, she pleaded guilty. Sedelnikova complained that her health conditions worsened as she could not go for a walk. However, the court refused to soften the measure of restriction. On November 7 she was sentenced to a three-year suspended sentence.
Others charged under Article 207.3 part 2 items a, d, Russian Criminal Code
What we write about political persecution
Recent material from this section. This is section navigation — the articles below are not about this person.
- 2026-09-04Georgia court clears extradition of Fugal ally to Russia
- 2026-09-04Russia labels Novaya Gazeta a 'foreign agent,' adds over 100 affiliated names
- 2026-09-04Russian court sentences hostage-takers from Rostov detention center to up to 29 years
- 2026-09-04Two Yabloko Duma candidates detained in Moscow two days before vote
- 2026-09-03British man says Russian police beat him, jumped on his head at station in Yessentuki
Source: this person’s record in the OVD-Info political persecution database
Published under CC BY 3.0. The criteria for treating a person as politically persecuted belong to OVD-Info; FACTUM relays their assessment and makes none of its own.
OVD-Info has been designated an «extremist» organisation in Russia — by decision of the Russian authorities, like other independent human rights and media projects.