Anastasia Zibrova
Anastasia Zibrova, born 1993, Moscow Oblast. Charges: Article 207.3 part 2 item d, Russian Criminal Code (Dissemination of false information about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, government…); “Anastasia Zibrova's case of "fakes" about the Russian Armed Forces”. Sentence (August 28, 2024): 5 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony with a 4 years' ban on website management. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since August 28, 2024; place of detention: Penal colony No. 8, Kostroma Oblast. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, June 17, 2024.
In brief
Moscow Oblast · Odintsovo · Anti-war cases
Sentence
5 years
imprisonment in a general regime penal colony with a 4 years' ban on website management
Upheld May 26, 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)
Full wording of the charges
The case was initiated because of a post on VK about the missile attack on the railway station in Kramatorsk.
Latest event
May 26, 2026 — cassation
The court upheld the verdict.
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, June 17, 2024
Timeline
· Cassation ruling
upheld
· Imprisonment begins
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 5 years
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Pre-trial Detention Centre №10 (SIZO-10) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Moscow Oblast
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
· Preventive measure: house arrest
· Preventive measure: travel ban (written undertaking)
· Persecution begins
Anastasia Zibrova's case of "fakes" about the Russian Armed Forces
Criminal case
Anastasia Zibrova's case of "fakes" about the Russian Armed Forces
- Case number
- 1-959/2025
Thematic group: Anti-war case
Write a letter
Facility: Penal colony No. 8, Kostroma Oblast
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
156026, Костромская область, г. Кострома, пос. Васильевское, ФКУ «ИК № 8 УФСИН России по Костромской области», Зиброва Анастасия Владимировна, 1993 г.р.
Details and sources
Full summary
A cynologist, lives in the Moscow region. On 25 October 2023, a case was brought against Zibrova for spreading knowingly false information about the Armed Forces. Zibrova was under a recognisance not to leave. On 14 May 2024, she was placed under house arrest.
On 28 August 2024, Zibrova was sentenced to five years in a general regime penal colony.
On 28 May 2025, the cassation court cancelled Zibrova's sentence and returned the case to the prosecutor's office.
On 18 September 2025, Zibrova was again sentenced to five years in a general regime penal colony.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
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