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01Overview
Quick Facts
CountryRussia
Age / Sexfemale
OccupationMilitary, Artists
Arrested inZabaykalsky Krai
Held at—
Categoryanti_war
StatusConvicted
Sentence—
Russia · context
1,226documented cases
379 urgent · 72 report torture
Most common grounds
Journalism
125
Unknown
2
Cultural
2
Ethnic
29
Case Summary
Yulia Podoynitsyna, a soloist in a military orchestra, was prosecuted for spreading false information about the Russian Armed Forces. She uploaded a YouTube video about civilian casualties in Ukraine to a forum for fellow servicemen and was sentenced to a fine.
Key Facts
03 entries- 01Uploaded a YouTube video about civilian casualties in Ukraine.
- 02Video was deemed fake.
- 03Sentenced to a fine of 300,000 rubles.
02Charges
Charges
01 count- 01Spreading deliberately false information about the Russian Armed Forces
Criminal Code Articles
01 articleArt. 207.3
03Analysis
Predicting Vector
Surveillance vector
Surveillance vectorSocial Media Monitoring
Technology usedYouTube
Inferred demographics
90%EthnicitySlavic Russian
Region of originSlavic Russia
ReligionOrthodox Christian
The name Yulia and the patronymic suffix -ovna are typical of Russian Orthodox Christian naming conventions.
04Sources
Data Source
Source vs. PPW analysis
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Cite this case
Political Prisoner Watch. (2026). Case file: Yulia Podoynitsyna (PPW case cmgoioe6). Retrieved July 6, 2026, from https://politicalprisonerwatch.org/prisoners/cmgoioe6r000wlizyntlbjbey. Original data from OVD-Info (https://repression.info/ru/persons/yulia-podoynitsyna).
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