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Elena Yun

At largeChecked October 18, 2026

Elena Yun, born 1971, Novosibirsk Oblast. Charges: Article 207.3 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Dissemination of false information about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, government…); “The case of Elena Yun on "fakes" about the activities of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation”. Sentence (February 22, 2023): 11 months' correctional labour. Status: at large. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as persecuted on political grounds, January 17, 2023.

In brief

Novosibirsk Oblast · Novosibirsk · Teachers · Anti-war cases

Sentence

11 months' correctional labour

Verdict February 22, 2023

No information about an appeal ruling.

Charges

Full wording of the charges

The case was opened after a message was reposted in a VKontakte group. The post originated from WhatsApp and concerned a memorial service in the village of Moshkovo for a soldier killed in Ukraine. In the original message, the author claimed that a thousand coffins had arrived in Novosibirsk.

Latest event

February 22, 2023 — first-instance verdict

The court delivered a guilty verdict.

Checked October 18, 2026 · no changes since October 15

Recognition by rights defenders

Timeline

  1. · First-instance verdict

    guilty verdict

  2. · Recognised as persecuted on political grounds

    Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners

  3. · Preventive measure: pre-trial detention

    Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Novosibirsk Oblast

  4. · Persecution begins

    The case of Elena Yun on "fakes" about the activities of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation

Criminal case

The case of Elena Yun on "fakes" about the activities of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation

Case number
1-130/2023 (1-718/2022;)

There are no other defendants in this case in the database.

Thematic group: Anti-war case

Details and sources

Full summary

According to OVD-Info

A resident of Novosibirsk, she shares the ideology of "citizens of the USSR". In June 2022, she was detained after a search. A case was opened against her for deliberately disseminating false information about the Russian Armed Forces. At first, a measure of restraint was chosen against her in the form of a signature not to leave, although she herself denied it. On 3 August, the activist was detained by police in Prokopyevsk (Kemerovo Region), where she was visiting her sister, and then taken to Novosibirsk for questioning. On 4 August, Tardasova-Yun stopped making contact. "I was taken to Novosibirsk by deceit, although at first they said that the interrogation would be conducted at the police department of Prokopyevsk. In the end, they took me to another region, and I am waiting for an investigator. I don't know what kind of questioning, if I have already been questioned by the IC in the case of "spreading false information". A policeman is sitting opposite, saying that he is not obliged to explain anything to me,"- "Sibir. Realities" call Tardasova-Yun on 3 August. Then, lawyer Elena Chirkina was unable to meet with her client: Tardasova-Yun was eventually detained for 48 hours, as Chirkina assumes, in order to be placed in a psychoneurological dispensary for examination. At the outpatient examination in July, a psychiatrist, after refusing to testify and completing one of the tasks, wrote in his conclusion that he found Tardasova-Yun had difficulties in generalisation processes and unclear thinking. After that, the investigation began to insist on an inpatient examination. The activist called such a decision punitive psychiatry, and her lawyer asked for a repeat examination. On 5 August, it became known that Tardasova-Yun was elected a measure of restraint in the form of a ban on certain actions. On 26 December, Tardasova-Yun was sent to custody: the reason was that she allegedly published two videos on her social network page, thus violating the ban on certain actions. At the same time, the lawyer claims that at that time the preventive measure imposed on the activist had already expired, as it was chosen only for the period of investigation, which had already been completed by that time.

On 22 February 2023, Tardasova-Yun was sentenced to 11 months of correctional labour and released from custody in the courtroom.

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Sources (1)

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