Parvinakhan Abuzarova
Parvinakhan Abuzarova, born 1992, Tatarstan. Charges: Article 280.4 part 2 item v, Russian Criminal Code; “Parvina Abuzarova's case of incitement to activities against the security of the State”. Sentence (November 10, 2023): 3 years of imprisonment in a general security penal colony, with a 1-year ban on administering electronic and… Status: at large. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, August 22, 2023.
In brief
Tatarstan · Kazan · Bloggers, Office workers · Anti-war cases
Sentence
3 years
of imprisonment in a general security penal colony, with a 1-year ban on administering electronic and information networks.
First instance, September 11, 2023: 3 years
Charges
Full wording of the charges
According to unconfirmed reports, she incited the military to desert and criticised the war on a personal blog.
Latest event
February 27, 2026 — imprisonment ends
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, August 22, 2023
Timeline
· Imprisonment ends
· Appeal ruling
sentence changed · 3 years
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Republic of Tatarstan
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 3 years
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
· Persecution begins
Parvina Abuzarova's case of incitement to activities against the security of the State
Criminal case
Parvina Abuzarova's case of incitement to activities against the security of the State
Thematic group: Anti-war case
Details and sources
Full summary
Blogger, designer of Muslim clothing for women. On 14 February 2023, Abuzarova's flat was searched and she was threatened with jail time because of her support for Ukraine. On 31 March, she was detained on charges of calling for activities against the security of the Russian Federation. Telegram channel "Emergency Kazan" reported that she called on the military to defect and criticised the war in her personal blog, as well as failed to appear for questioning and was put on a wanted list. Abuzarova was placed under house arrest the same day. On 12 September 2023, she was sentenced to three years in a general regime colony. She was released in February 2026.
Other people prosecuted under Article 280.4 part 2 item v, Russian Criminal Code
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