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01Overview
Quick Facts
CountryRussia
Age / Sex49 · female
OccupationPolitician
Arrested inMoscow, Moscow
Held at—
CategorySocial media
Statusunknown
Sentence—
Russia · context
1,245documented cases
387 urgent · 76 report torture
Most common grounds
Journalism
125
Unknown
2
Cultural
2
Ethnic
31
Case Summary
Elena Filina, a former deputy, is being prosecuted for disseminating "fake" information about the Russian Armed Forces due to a Facebook post condemning crimes in Irpen and Bucha. She left Russia and was arrested in absentia, but the sentence was cancelled and a new hearing is pending.
Key Facts
04 entries- 01Case based on a Facebook post about Bucha and Irpin.
- 02Former deputy of Moscow's Prospekt Vernadskogo district.
- 03Left Russia and was put on a wanted list.
- 04First sentence cancelled due to a procedural violation.
02Charges
Charges
01 count- 01Dissemination of “fakes” about the Russian Armed Forces
Criminal Code Articles
01 articleArt. 207.3
03Analysis
Predicting Vector
Surveillance vector
Surveillance vectorSocial Media Monitoring
Technology usedFacebook
Inferred demographics
90%EthnicitySlavic Russian
Region of originSlavic Russia
ReligionOrthodox Christian
The name Elena is a common Slavic name, and Filina is a typical Russian patronymic structure.
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05Sources
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Cite this case
Political Prisoner Watch. (2026). Case file: Elena Filina (PPW case cmi88gen, record version 2026-05-26). Retrieved July 16, 2026, from https://politicalprisonerwatch.org/prisoners/cmi88geni0081li0to6wameqx. Original data from OVD-Info (https://repression.info/ru/persons/elena-filina).
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