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01Overview
Quick Facts
CountryRussia
Age / Sex32 · female
OccupationScientist
Arrested inArkhangelsk, Arkhangelsk Oblast
Held at—
CategorySocial media
StatusConvicted
Sentence—
Russia · context
1,225documented cases
375 urgent · 71 report torture
Most common grounds
Journalism
124
Unknown
2
Cultural
1
Ethnic
33
Case Summary
Yulia Chapurina was prosecuted for reposting a video of a cargo plane allegedly filled with bodies of dead Russian servicemen with a caption comparing Moscow residents' deaths in Ukraine to those from Dagestan, Buryatia, or Tuva. She was fined 130,000 roubles.
Key Facts
04 entries- 01Prosecuted for reposting video
- 02Video allegedly showed bodies of dead Russian servicemen
- 03Caption compared deaths of different ethnic groups
- 04Fined 130,000 roubles
02Charges
Charges
01 count- 01Repeated discrediting of the Armed Forces of Russian Federation
Criminal Code Articles
01 articleArt. 280.3
03Analysis
Predicting Vector
Surveillance vector
Surveillance vectorSocial Media Monitoring
Inferred demographics
90%EthnicitySlavic Russian
Region of originSlavic Russia
ReligionOrthodox Christian
The name Yulia is a common Russian female name, and the surname Chapurina is typical of Slavic Russian origin.
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The Detained. (2026). Case file: Yulia Chapurina (TD case cmi88hor, record version 2026-05-26). Retrieved July 21, 2026, from https://thedetained.org/prisoners/cmi88hor8008eli0tl3llq4jp. Original data from OVD-Info (https://repression.info/ru/persons/yulia-chapurina).
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