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01Overview
Quick Facts
CountryRussia
Age / Sex62 · female
Occupation—
Arrested inOdintsovo, Moscow Oblast
Held at—
CategoryJournalism
StatusConvicted
Sentence—
Russia · context
1,220documented cases
376 urgent · 72 report torture
Most common grounds
Journalism
125
Unknown
2
Cultural
2
Ethnic
29
Case Summary
Olga Trifonova faced charges for spreading false information about the Russian Armed Forces in connection with an article about Russian army crimes in Bucha. The court initially ordered compulsory treatment, but the decision was overturned, and later re-issued.
Key Facts
03 entries- 01Article about Russian army crimes in Bucha
- 02Court ordered compulsory treatment
- 03Appeals and re-issuance of the order
02Charges
Charges
01 count- 01Disseminating deliberately false information about the Armed Forces
Criminal Code Articles
01 articleArt. 207.3
03Analysis
Predicting Vector
Surveillance vector
Surveillance vectorUnknown
Inferred demographics
95%EthnicitySlavic Russian
Region of originSlavic Russia
ReligionOrthodox Christian
The name Olga Trifonova is a classic Russian name structure, and the location in Moscow Oblast supports a Slavic Russian profile.
04Timeline
Case Timeline
Arrest date
September 1, 2022
05Sources
Data Source
Source vs. PPW analysis
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Cite this case
Political Prisoner Watch. (2026). Case file: Olga Trifonova (PPW case cmi885j7). Retrieved July 6, 2026, from https://politicalprisonerwatch.org/prisoners/cmi885j7a003xli0thf00aem1. Original data from OVD-Info (https://repression.info/ru/persons/olga-trifonova).
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