Natalia Doroshchenko
Natalia Doroshchenko, born 1975, Irkutsk Oblast. Charges: Article 205.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Public incitement to terrorism or justification of terrorism (using media or the internet)); “Natalia Doroshchenko's case on justification of terrorism”. Sentence (November 1, 2025): 5 years 4 months' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since June 27, 2025; place of detention: Penal colony No. 11, Irkutsk Oblast. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, May 7, 2026.
In brief
Irkutsk Oblast · Irkutsk · Financiers and accountants · Anti-war cases, Terrorism cases
Sentence
5 years 4 months
imprisonment in a general regime penal colony
First instance, June 27, 2025: 5 years 5 months
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 Doroshchenko's friend, employees of Centre E "collected sentences like 'I am against war' or 'they [Ukrainians] defend their Motherland' and similar phrases from her posts and put together a criminal case."
Latest event
May 7, 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, May 7, 2026
Timeline
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
· Appeal ruling
sentence changed · 5 years 4 months
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 5 years 5 months
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Irkutsk Oblast
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Persecution begins
Natalia Doroshchenko's case on justification of terrorism
Criminal case
Natalia Doroshchenko's case on justification of terrorism
- Case number
- 1-102/2025
Thematic group: Anti-war case
Write a letter
Facility: Penal colony No. 11, Irkutsk Oblast
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
669511, п. Бозой, Иркутская область, Эхирит-Булагатский р-н, ФКУ ИК № 11 ГУФСИН России по Иркутской области, Дорощенко Наталья Викторовна, 1975 г.р.
Details and sources
Full summary
A resident of Irkutsk, an accountant. On 27 June 2025, she was sentenced to five years and five months in a general regime colony for justifying terrorism because of comments about the war in Ukraine. On 1 November 2025, the appeal court reduced the sentence by one month.
According to Doroshchenko's friend, employees of Centre E "collected sentences like 'I am against war' or 'they [Ukrainians] defend their Motherland' and similar phrases from her posts and put together a criminal case."
Doroshchenko's father was an Interior Ministry general and for a time headed the Ust-Kut police. He left the Interior Ministry in 2005.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
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