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In penal colony

Evgenia Maiboroda

Birth date
June 10, 1951
Citizenship
Russia
Family
Case
Evgenia Mayboroda's case of "fake facts" about the Russian Armed Forces and calls for extremism
Article
Part 2, Article 280 of the Criminal Code; Paragraph(s) E Part 2, Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code
Verdict
5 years 6 months' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony

A resident of the city of Shakhty (Rostov region). A case was brought against her for "fake facts" about the Armed Forces and calls for extremism. In January 2023, it became known that Mayboroda [was fined](https://www.24liveblog.com/live/Usumo?n=3226486365748311999) 40 thousand rubles (510 US$) under the article of the Code of Administrative Offences on discrediting the army (part 1 of article 20.3.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences of the Russian Federation). The court ruling [follows](https://shahtinsky--ros.sudrf.ru/modules.php?name=sud_delo&srv_num=1&name_op=doc&number=145975796&delo_id=1500001&new=0&text_number=1) that the reason was in publications criticising the war on her personal page on "VKontakte". As part of the criminal case, Maiboroda was restrained in the form of a ban on certain actions. On 29 January 2024, she was sentenced to five and a half years in a general regime colony.