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Elena Filina
Politicians
1976-06-23
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Moscow
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She is a former deputy of Moscow's Prospekt Vernadskogo district. A case was opened against her for dissemination of knowingly fake information about Russian Armed Forces because of a post condemning crimes in Irpen and Bucha. She left Russia, she was put on a wanted list and arrested in absentia.
On 6 March 2025, Filina was sentenced in absentia to eight years. On 19 June, Moscow City Court cancelled the sentence because of a violation of the Code of Criminal Procedure: the judge did not schedule a preliminary hearing, which is mandatory for trials held in the absence of the defendant.
She is a former deputy of Moscow's Prospekt Vernadskogo district. A case was opened against her for dissemination of knowingly fake information about Russian Armed Forces because of a post condemning crimes in Irpen and Bucha. She left Russia, she was put on a wanted list and arrested in absentia.
On 6 March 2025, Filina was sentenced in absentia to eight years. On 19 June, Moscow City Court cancelled the sentence because of a violation of the Code of Criminal Procedure: the judge did not schedule a preliminary hearing, which is mandatory for trials held in the absence of the defendant. In July, the case went to the court of first instance for a new hearing. On 16 September 2025, a new verdict was passed, details are unknown.
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