Anna Testova
Anna Testova, born 1984. Charges: Article 207.3 part 2 item d, Russian Criminal Code (Dissemination of false information about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, government…); “Anna Testova's case of "fakes" about the Russian Armed Forces”. Sentence (November 24, 2025): 5 years's imprisonment in absentia in a general regime colony and a ban on administration of websites for 4 years. Status: not in Russia.
In brief
Sentence
5 years
s imprisonment in absentia in a general regime colony and a ban on administration of websites for 4 years
Upheld February 19, 2026
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
February 19, 2026 — appeal
The court upheld the verdict.
Timeline
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 5 years
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Preventive measure: arrest in absentia
· Persecution begins
Anna Testova's case of "fakes" about the Russian Armed Forces
Criminal case
Anna Testova's case of "fakes" about the Russian Armed Forces
- Case number
- 01-0885/2025
Thematic group: Anti-war case
Details and sources
Full summary
Born in the Donetsk region of Ukraine. On 23 April 2025, a case was opened against her in Moscow on charges of spreading knowingly false information about the Russian Armed Forces. She was declared wanted and placed under arrest in absentia. On 24 November 2025, Testova was sentenced in absentia to five years in a general-regime penal colony.
All fields of the record
- Preventive measures
- arrest in absentia
Other people prosecuted under Article 207.3 part 2 item d, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.