Eva Bagrova
Eva Bagrova, born 2008, Saint Petersburg. Charges: Article 205.1 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Assisting in terrorist activities); Article 205.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Public incitement to terrorism or justification of terrorism (using media or the internet)); “The case of St Petersburg schoolgirl of photos on a stand”. Sentence (October 13, 2025): 4 years' imprisonment in a juvenile detention centre. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since December 1, 2024; place of detention: Juvenile colony, Moscow Oblast. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, February 19, 2026.
In brief
Saint Petersburg · Saint Petersburg · Schoolchildren · Terrorism cases
Sentence
4 years
imprisonment in a juvenile detention centre
Upheld January 22, 2026
Charges
- Article 205.1 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Assisting in terrorist activities
- 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
According to the investigation, Bagrova hung up pictures of the founders of Russian Volunteer Corps, Denis Kapustin and Aleksei Levkin, on the school stand with the captions "Hero of Russia" and induced another teenager to post some leaflets.
Latest event
February 19, 2026 — recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, February 19, 2026
Timeline
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 4 years
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Persecution begins
The case of St Petersburg schoolgirl of photos on a stand
· Preventive measure: placement in a temporary detention facility
Criminal case
The case of St Petersburg schoolgirl of photos on a stand
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Facility: Juvenile colony, Moscow Oblast
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
143202 Московская область, г. Можайск, пос. Дзержинского, ФКУ «Можайская ВК УФСИН по Московской области», Багрова Ева Владиславовна, 2008 г.р.
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Full summary
Resident of St. Petersburg, a schoolgirl. At the end of December 2024, a case of public justification of terrorism was brought against her because of photos of the founders of the Russian Volunteer Corps found on a stand at school. On 29 December, she was placed in custody. Later, she was also accused of promoting terrorist activities due to the posting of some leaflets, to which another teenager under the age of criminal responsibility confessed (in court, he said that he confessed under pressure from the investigator).
In April 2025 it became known that Bagrova was released from custody. On 13 October 2025, she was sentenced to four years in juvenile detention centre.
At the hearing in the court of appeal, which upheld the sentence, Bagrova said that during the investigation she was threatened: she was shown a picture of a beaten man and there were hints that she could be in his place if "the investigator does not like what I have to say".
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
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