Anastasia Sukhanova
Anastasia Sukhanova, Leningrad Oblast. Charges: Article 280.4 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Public calls for activities against state security (by a group, using official position, mass media…); “Anastasia Sukhanova's case of calls for anti-state activity”. Status: not in Russia.
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Charges
- Article 280.4 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Public calls for activities against state security (by a group, using official position, mass media, or the internet)
Full wording of the charges
According to the publication "Bumaga," the reason for the criminal case was a post in the "Batumi Russians" Telegram channel from 2023.
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Criminal case
Anastasia Sukhanova's case of calls for anti-state activity
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Full summary
A resident of St. Petersburg, left Russia in 2022. Co-founder and former coordinator of the anti-war community "Russians of Batumi."
In January 2026, the "Paper" publication reported that Sukhanova was prosecuted in the Leningrad region for incitement to activities against the security of the state, caused by a certain 2023 post on the webpage "Russians of Batumi."
The publication wrote that Sukhanova was also prosecuted in the Khabarovsk region, and the reason for the prosecution was, as her relatives reported, "somehow related to the financing of the AFU." There is no other information about this case.
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- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 280.4 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.