Event Card

Journalist Valeria Kichigina from "Dozhd" was sentenced in absentia to ten years in prison for a post about the 2008 war in Georgia, marking the first case of military "fake news" in Russia.

@paperkartuli 24 Mar 2026, 10:59

Journalist Valeria Kichigina was sentenced in absentia to 10 years in prison and banned from publishing materials online for 5 years for two social media posts.

@ostorozhno_novosti 24 Mar 2026, 09:57

Journalist Valeria Kichigina was sentenced to 10 years in prison for spreading fakes about the conflict in Georgia in 2008, marking the first case of fake news prosecution unrelated to the special military operation.

@ostorozhno_novosti 24 Mar 2026, 08:45

Ksenia Luchenko, the author of the channel 'Orthodoxy and Zombies', was sentenced in absentia to eight years in a penal colony for spreading fakes about the Russian army, and she is also banned from administering websites for four years.

@varlamov_news 24 Mar 2026, 07:12

Valeria Ratnikova, a host of 'Dozhd', was sentenced in absentia to seven and a half years in prison for fakes about the Russian army and banned from using social media for three years.

@varlamov_news 24 Mar 2026, 07:00

Valeria Ratnikova, a host of 'Dozhd', was sentenced in absentia to 7.5 years in prison for publishing materials about events in Bucha and Mariupol, and was also banned from social media for three years.

@ostorozhno_novosti 24 Mar 2026, 06:49

Ksenia Luchenko, author of the Telegram channel 'Orthodoxy and Zombies', was sentenced in absentia by the Gagarin District Court of Moscow to eight years for spreading false information about the Russian army.

@meduzalive 24 Mar 2026, 06:35

Ksenia Luchenko was sentenced in absentia to 8 years in a penal colony for spreading fakes about the Russian army, according to the decision of the Gagarin District Court in Moscow.

@ostorozhno_novosti 24 Mar 2026, 06:19