Yulia Semenova (Belosliudtseva)
Yulia Semenova (Belosliudtseva), Zabaykalsky Krai. Charges: Article 280.3 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Discrediting the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, government agencies, or mercenaries); “Yulia Belosliudtseva's case of discrediting the Russian Armed Forces”. Sentence (December 9, 2024): 2 years 6 months' suspended sentence with deprivation of the right to engage in activities related to the public… Status: location unknown.
In brief
Zabaykalsky Krai · Chita · Unemployed · Anti-war cases
Sentence
2 years 6 months
suspended sentence with deprivation of the right to engage in activities related to the public dissemination of information on the activities of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, including via information and telecommunications networks, including the Internet, and also during the holding of meetings, rallies, demonstrations, marches, picketing, as well as participation in them for a period of 2 years
Upheld July 29, 2025
Charges
- Article 280.3 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Discrediting the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, government agencies, or mercenaries
Full wording of the charges
In April 2023, Belosliudtseva was fined 15 thousand rubles under the administrative article on discrediting the army (part 1 of article 20.3.3 of the Administrative Code). In the same month, Belosliudtseva was twice fined 1,000 rubles under the administrative article on distribution of extremist symbols (part 1 of article 20.3.3 of the Administrative Code): in one case, it was an image of the flag of the Russian Federation with the text "To defeat the Banderovites, we must first free the Kremlin from the Vlasovites!" and a swastika, and in the second case - presumably, the symbols of the "Northern Brotherhood".
Latest event
July 29, 2025 — cassation
The court upheld the verdict.
Timeline
· Cassation ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 2 years 6 months
· Preventive measure: travel ban (written undertaking)
Criminal case
Yulia Belosliudtseva's case of discrediting the Russian Armed Forces
- Case number
- 1-428/2024
Thematic group: Anti-war case
Details and sources
Full summary
A resident of Chita. In April 2023, she was fined 15 thousand rubles in a case of discrediting the army (part 1 of Art. 20.3.3 of the CAO) and another two thousand rubles in two cases of demonstrating prohibited symbols (part 1 of Art. 20. 20.3 of the Administrative Code) - because of a picture in Odnoklassniki social media with a Russian flag with the text "To defeat the Banderovites, we must first liberate the Kremlin from the Vlasovites!" and a yellow swastika, and because of the emblem of a certain recognised extremist organisation (presumably the Northern Brotherhood) in VKontakte. Later, a criminal case was brought against her for discrediting the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation and repeated display of banned symbols. The case went to court, but she failed to appear twice, and in October 2024 the case was suspended: the court's website indicated that the defendant had absconded. Later Belosliudtseva was detained and placed in custody. On 9 December 2024, she was sentenced to two and a half years' suspended sentence. On 5 March 2025, the court of appeal replaced the suspended sentence with a sentence in a penal colony, but Belosliudtseva, judging by what the text of the ruling says, was not present at the hearing.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 280.3 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
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