Gulnara Bakhareva
Gulnara Bakhareva, born 1967, Chelyabinsk Oblast. Charges: Article 205.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Public incitement to terrorism or justification of terrorism (using media or the internet)); “Gulnara Bakhareva's second case on publicly justifying terrorism”, opened on October 2, 2024. Sentence (June 19, 2025): A fine of 450,000 rubles; the total fine for the first and second cases combined amounts to 600,000 rubles; previously convicted under Article 205.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code. Status: at large.
In brief
Chelyabinsk Oblast · Satka, Chelyabinsk · Janitors, Pensioners · Anti-war cases, Terrorism cases
Sentence
a fine of 400 thousand roubles
No information about an appeal ruling.
Other verdicts
- June 19, 2025 — A fine of 450,000 rubles; the total fine for the first and second cases combined amounts to 600,000 rubles.
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
According to the investigation, on 10 October 2023, she published in Telegram channel "You're Not Alone 74" a comment "My fellow countrymen. I am proud" under a post about the birthday of political prisoner Alexei Nuriev, who was sentenced to 19 years in a high-security colony on charges of setting fire to a military registration and enlistment office in town Bakal near Cheliabinsk.
Latest event
January 1, 2026 — persecution ends
Timeline
· Persecution ends
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict
· Criminal case opened
Gulnara Bakhareva's second case on publicly justifying terrorism
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict
· Persecution begins
Gulnara Bakhareva's case of public justification of terrorism
· Preventive measure: travel ban (written undertaking)
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
Criminal case
Gulnara Bakhareva's second case on publicly justifying terrorism
Thematic group: Anti-war case
Gulnara Bakhareva's case of public justification of terrorism
Thematic group: Anti-war case
Details and sources
Full summary
A street sweeper from the Cheliabinsk region. She was prosecuted for public justification of terrorism because of her posts about the Crimean Bridge and the Ostankino TV Tower. Bakhareva was given a recognisance not to leave. On 23 November 2023, she was sentenced to a fine of 400 thousand rubles. On 2 October 2024, FSB officers came to the woman and seized her phone due to the fact that a new case of public justification of terrorism was brought against her - because of the word "Proud" about Alexei Nuriev, convicted in the case of arson of a military registration desk. On 19 June 2025, the woman was fined 450 thousand rubles in the second case. On the aggregate of punishments, the court imposed on her a total fine of 600 thousand rubles.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
- Preventive measures
- travel ban (written undertaking)
- Persecution episodes
- 2
Other people prosecuted under Article 205.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.