Alina Shumskikh
Alina Shumskikh, Moscow. Charges: Article 207.3 part 2 item d, Russian Criminal Code (Dissemination of false information about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, government…); “Alina Shumskikh's case of military "fake news"”. Sentenced on May 5, 2026. Status: not in Russia.
In brief
Moscow · Moscow · Students · Anti-war cases, Cases related to mass actions
Sentence
6 years
Ban on activity, Imprisonment (in absentia)
First instance, November 21, 2025: 6 years
Charges
- Article 207.3 part 2 item d, Russian Criminal Code — Dissemination of false information about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, government agencies, or mercenaries (based on political, ideological, racial, national or religious hatred or enmity, or on grounds of hatred or enmity in relation to any social group)
Latest event
May 5, 2026 — appeal
The court changed the sentence to 6 years.
Timeline
· Appeal ruling
sentence changed · 6 years
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 6 years
· Preventive measure: arrest in absentia
· Persecution begins
Alina Shumskikh's case of military "fake news"
Criminal case
Alina Shumskikh's case of military "fake news"
- Case number
- 01-1017/2025
Thematic group: Anti-war case
Details and sources
Full summary
An activist from Moscow and a member of the Freies Russland NRW (“Free Russia North Rhine-Westphalia”) association. In 2022, she moved to Germany to study and participated in anti-war and anti-Putin actions in Europe. A case was opened against her for spreading “fake news” about the Russian army motivated by hatred. The outlet Ostorozhno, Novosti, without naming its source, reported that the case was initiated over a video by Freies Russland NRW from an anti-war rally in Berlin, in which Shumskikh condemned Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. On 15 September 2025, the court placed her under arrest in absentia. On 21 November 2025, Shumskikh was sentenced; further details are unknown.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
- Preventive measures
- arrest in absentia
Other people prosecuted under Article 207.3 part 2 item d, Russian Criminal Code
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