Details of the case of a Krasnoyarsk journalist regarding an article about fakes about the army have become known

The prosecutor's office approved a freelance journalist from Krasnoyarsk charge of publicly disseminating deliberately false information about the use of the Russian Armed Forces.

It was established that in 2023, a woman who collaborated with the publication “Sibir.Realii” (recognized as a foreign agent in 2017) interviewed a famous artist. The conversation touched, among other things, on the questions of the SVO, to which the interlocutor did not answer.

“In an effort to monetize his work, the “shark of the pen” was not embarrassed by the lack of comments, and “composed” a speech. The finished material was published in the publication’s community and attracted the attention of law enforcement officers. A forensic linguistic examination was appointed, which examined the text. Experts came to the conclusion that the published material contained false statements about hostile actions of the Russian army,” the prosecutor’s office said.

The journalist was detained in September 2025 and has been in custody since then.

For the crime she is charged with under paragraphs “d, e” of Part 2 of Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (public dissemination, under the guise of reliable messages, of knowingly false information containing data on the use of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in order to protect the interests of the Russian Federation and its citizens, maintaining international peace and security, committed for selfish reasons based on political and ideological hatred) The following types of punishment are provided: a fine in the amount of 3 to 5 million rubles, or forced labor for a term of up to 5 years, or imprisonment for a term of 5 to 10 years. The criminal case will be considered by the Central District Court of Krasnoyarsk.

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