Muscovite Anastasia Ageeva, who left Russia, was charged in absentia with disseminating “fakes” about the Russian army based on hatred (clause “e”, part 2, article 207.3 of the Criminal Code). Previously, she was charged with the lighter Part 1 of the article on military “fakes.” This was reported by her lawyer from OVD-Info, Evgenia Grigorieva.
Ageeva is on the federal wanted list. In Moscow she was arrested in absentia .
The girl is being persecuted because of two publications on social networks. The post on VKontakte was published in April 2022 on behalf of a user with the nickname Gertrude Gate. The second post appeared on Instagram in September of the same year - it was published by a user under the pseudonym birdintheoceans. The investigation believes that both posts belong to Ageeva.
Ageeva was detained at least twice at protests against the war in Ukraine - on February 24 and April 2, 2022. In addition, she and two other girls were detained on April 29 of the same year on Red Square - despite the fact that they did not carry out any actions. Later, Ageeva and another detainee were arrested for 15 days under the article of petty hooliganism (Article 20.1 of the Administrative Code). At the end of 2022, she left Russia.
January 16, 2024 Ageeva’s case was submitted for consideration to the Lyublinsky District Court of Moscow on January 15. The card is available on the court website.
- Since February 24, 2022—the first day of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine—residents of Russian cities have been holding anti-war protests every day and talking about the tragedy online. Anti-war speeches and statements become grounds for criminal prosecution. At the moment, more than 800 people have become defendants in criminal cases initiated due to protest against the war with Ukraine. Read more about this in our infographic .
- Article 207.3 (Public dissemination of knowingly false information about the use of the armed forces of the Russian Federation) was included in the Criminal Code in March 2022 - in this way the authorities responded to anti-war speeches and statements, as well as the dissemination of information about the war that does not come from official Russian sources. The maximum penalty under this article is 15 years in prison.