A Moscow court has sentenced journalist Ekaterina Kotrikadze to eight years in prison in absentia for spreading false information about the army, finding her guilty under Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code, while the prosecution had sought a nine-year sentence.

A Moscow court has sentenced journalist Ekaterina Kotrikadze to eight years in prison in absentia for spreading false information about the army, finding her guilty under Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code, while the prosecution had sought a nine-year sentence.

@paperkartuli 16 Feb 2026, 12:17

Evgeny Chichvarkin was sentenced in absentia to nine years in prison for spreading fake news about the armed forces of Russia.

@bazabazon 16 Feb 2026, 07:20

Evgeny Chichvarkin was sentenced in absentia to nine years in prison for publishing fakes about the Russian army and evading the duties of a foreign agent.

@meduzalive 16 Feb 2026, 07:17

A court in Moscow has sentenced Yevgeny Chichvarkin in absentia to nine years in a general regime colony for spreading fake information about the army and evading the duties of a foreign agent.

@varlamov_news 16 Feb 2026, 07:15

Evgeny Chichvarkin was sentenced in absentia to nine years in a penal colony for spreading fakes about the Russian army and publishing materials without the foreign agent label, and he is also banned from administering websites for 4 years and 11 months.

@ostorozhno_novosti 16 Feb 2026, 07:12

Journalist Ekaterina Kotrikadze was sentenced in absentia to eight years in prison for disseminating false information about the Russian army.

@meduzalive 16 Feb 2026, 06:35

TV presenter Ekaterina Kotrikadze from 'Dozhd' was sentenced in absentia to 8 years in a penal colony for spreading false information about the Russian Armed Forces and violating the foreign agent law.

@ostorozhno_novosti 16 Feb 2026, 06:30

A court in Moscow has sentenced journalist Ekaterina Kotrikadze to eight years in prison in absentia for spreading fake news about the army.

@varlamov_news 16 Feb 2026, 06:29