Varvara Volkova
- Criminal Code
- Article 207.3 part 2 item d, Russian Criminal Code
- Case category
- Anti-war cases
- Verdict
- Ban on activity, Imprisonment (general regime)
- Sentence
- 7 years
- Date of verdict
- 2025-11-21
- Region
- Moscow Oblast
- City
- NULL
- Facility
- ФКУ «ИК № 5 УФСИН России по Чувашии»
- Address for letters
- 429430, Чувашия, г. Козловка, ул. Шоссейная д. 10, ФКУ «ИК № 5 УФСИН России по Чувашии», Волкова Варвара Владимировна, 2002 г.р.
Case summary
A resident of the Moscow Region and a former flight attendant for "Ural Airlines." A criminal case was initiated against her for the dissemination of knowingly false information about the Russian Armed Forces, based on messages she posted in a chat for residents of the village of Sapronovo, in which she wrote that “the Russian Armed Forces allegedly commit violent acts aimed at the destruction of Ukraine’s civilian population and civilian infrastructure.”
According to "Ostorozhno, Novosti," the case began after a complaint by serviceman Ruslan Grigoryev, with whom she had previously had a conflict. His accusations were picked up by pro-war Z-channels, which filed a report against Volkova. They demanded that she be fired from "Ural Airlines" and held criminally liable.
No later than summer 2025, she was taken into custody. In August 2025, the case was sent to court. On 21 November, Volkova was sentenced to seven years in a general regime penal colony.
Others charged under Article 207.3 part 2 item d, Russian Criminal Code
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