Nina Akimova
Nina Akimova, Saint Petersburg. Charges: Article 205.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Public incitement to terrorism or justification of terrorism (using media or the internet)); “Nina Akimova's case on calls to terrorism”. Sentence (September 24, 2025): fine of 400 thousand roubles. Status: at large.
In brief
Saint Petersburg · Saint Petersburg · Pensioners · Terrorism cases
Sentence
fine of 400 thousand roubles
Upheld December 15, 2025
Charges
- Article 205.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Public incitement to terrorism or justification of terrorism (using media or the internet)
Full wording of the charges
The reason for the prosecution were two comments under a post that appeared in August 2019 in the "Russia Everywhere There Are Russians" public forum. The post contained a video of detentions of protesters at rallies in Moscow. In response to another user's approving comment, Akimova wrote: “Watch out you might choke on your own rage! Crush the Kremlin-Jewish gang that is erasing Russia from the face of the earth!!!”; “To turn the Soviet Union into such shit, the laughing-stock of the whole world, we won’t let them get away, we’ll strangle them like rats!!!”
Latest event
December 15, 2025 — appeal
The court upheld the verdict.
Timeline
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict
· Persecution begins
Nina Akimova's case on calls to terrorism
Criminal case
Nina Akimova's case on calls to terrorism
- Case number
- 2-65/2025
Details and sources
Full summary
A pensioner from St. Petersburg, a former therapist. A criminal case on calls to terrorism was opened against her because of two comments on VKontakte under a 2019 post about the protests in Moscow. In one of them, she called for "crushing the Kremlin-Jewish gang". No preventive measure was imposed on the pensioner.
"Mediazona" reported that the case was initiated after the statement of Akimova's former supervisor - head of the medical service at the Military Institute of Physical Culture Roman Sarvadii.
On 24 September 2025, the court sentenced her to a fine of 400 thousand roubles.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
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