Yekaterina Shulman has been fined 40,000 roubles (about US$440) for “discrediting” the army.

The Tverskoy District Court in Moscow has fined political scientist Yekaterina Shulman 40,000 roubles (about US$440) under the article on “discrediting” the Russian army (part 1 of Article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences). RusNews reports this.

The specific reason why the protocol was drawn up against Shulman has not been disclosed.

• In April 2022, the Ministry of Justice added Shulman to the register of “foreign agents.” Since then, she has been fined several times for publications without the “foreign agent” label. In April 2025, the political scientist was also fined 10,000 roubles (about US$110) for participating in the activities of an “undesirable organisation” due to cooperation with the Carnegie Berlin Centre.
• Because of publications without the “foreign agent” label, a criminal case has already been opened against Shulman. In March 2026, she was sentenced in absentia to a year in a penal colony under the article on evading “foreign agent” obligations (part 2 of Article 330.1 of the Criminal Code).
• In October, Shulman and other public figures were included in a list of those subject to “temporary restrictive measures”: Meduzacalled this new public register a kind of “enemies of the people” list, while the “Defence’s Word” project described it as a “register of civil execution.”