Tamar Eidelman

academic

Tamar Eidelman is a Russian historian and educator who was convicted in absentia by the Moscow City Court for rehabilitation of Nazism and dissemination of false information about the Russian armed forces. She was sentenced to eight years in prison, with her activities including historical lectures on YouTube and her status as an officially designated foreign agent in Russia since 2022. Eidelman is currently in hiding abroad and has been placed under a wanted notice in Russia. Her conviction stems from a video published in May 2025 that contained negative information about Soviet actions duri…

Recent coverage

• Court Convicts Historian Eydelman to 8 Years in Prison — Ведомости
• Historian and spy Eidelman sentenced to eight years in absentia for military fake news — Коммерсантъ
• Historian Eidelman Sentenced to 8 Years in Prison Abroad for Fake News About the Army — Интерфакс
• Historian Tamara Eidelman* Sent to Prison for Eight Years for Fake News about Russian Military — Вечерняя Москва
• Tamar Einhorn sentenced to real term in Russia — Фонтанка
• Moscow Regional Court Sentenced Historian Eidelman to 8 Years in Prison in Absentia — Москва 24
• Historian-and-spy Tamara Eydelman sentenced to eight years in prison — Коммерсантъ
• Historian Eidelman Summoned for 8 Years in Prison over Nazi Rehabilitation Case — Вести
• Prosecution Requests Forfeiture of 8 Years in Colony for Tamara Eydelman — Ведомости
• Court Refuses to Consider Edelman's Appeal Against Refusal to Remove Her from List of Foreign Agents — Москва 24