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01Overview
Quick Facts
CountryRussia
Age / Sex29 · female
OccupationOffice worker
Arrested inSaint Petersburg, Saint Petersburg
Held at—
Categoryanti_war
Statuson trial
Sentence—
Russia · context
1,245documented cases
387 urgent · 76 report torture
Most common grounds
Journalism
125
Unknown
2
Cultural
2
Ethnic
31
Case Summary
Evgeniya Smetankina is on trial for a false bomb threat against a police station in St. Petersburg. She was previously detained for an anti-war banner and fired from her job.
Key Facts
04 entries- 01Charged with false bomb threat
- 02Detained for anti-war banner
- 03Fired from her job
- 04Searches conducted at homes of civil rights activists
02Charges
Charges
01 count- 01False bomb threat
Criminal Code Articles
01 articleArt. 207
03Analysis
Predicting Vector
Surveillance vector
Surveillance vectorUnknown
Inferred demographics
95%EthnicitySlavic Russian
Region of originSlavic Russia
ReligionOrthodox Christian
The name structure and common usage strongly indicate a background within the Russian ethnic group.
04Related
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Political Prisoner Watch. (2026). Case file: Evgeniya Smetankina (PPW case cmi881xk, record version 2026-05-26). Retrieved July 16, 2026, from https://politicalprisonerwatch.org/prisoners/cmi881xk0002oli0tva4xju43. Original data from OVD-Info (https://repression.info/ru/persons/evgeniya-smetankina).
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