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01Overview
Quick Facts
CountryRussia
Age / Sex46 · female
Occupation—
Arrested inChelyabinsk, Chelyabinsk Oblast
Held at—
CategorySocial media
StatusConvicted
Sentence—
Russia · context
1,245documented cases
387 urgent · 76 report torture
Most common grounds
Journalism
125
Unknown
2
Cultural
2
Ethnic
31
Case Summary
Diana Nefedova was prosecuted for posting information about the killings of civilians in Bucha on her VKontakte page. She was sentenced to 6 months of correctional labour.
Key Facts
03 entries- 01Published reposts about Bucha killings on VKontakte.
- 02Resident of Chelyabinsk.
- 03Charged with spreading "fakes" about the Russian Armed Forces.
02Charges
Charges
01 count- 01Fakes about the activity of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation on the territory of Ukraine
Criminal Code Articles
01 articleArt. 207.3
03Analysis
Predicting Vector
Surveillance vector
Surveillance vectorSocial Media Monitoring
Technology usedVKontakte
Inferred demographics
90%EthnicitySlavic Russian
Region of originSlavic Russia
ReligionOrthodox Christian
The name Diana Nefedova is a common Russian name structure, and the location is within the Russian Federation.
04Timeline
Case Timeline
Arrest date
January 1, 2022
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06Sources
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Cite this case
Political Prisoner Watch. (2026). Case file: Diana Nefedova (PPW case cmi88a3p, record version 2026-05-26). Retrieved July 16, 2026, from https://politicalprisonerwatch.org/prisoners/cmi88a3ph005mli0tuptptw26. Original data from OVD-Info (https://repression.info/ru/persons/diana-nefedova).
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