Nadezhda Dubina
Nadezhda Dubina, Sverdlovsk Oblast. Charges: Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in the activities of an extremist organization); “The case of "Citizens of the USSR" in the Sverdlovsk region”. Sentence (July 4, 2025): 2 years' of suspended sentence. Status: at large.
In brief
Sverdlovsk Oblast · Yekaterinburg, Nizhny Tagil · Extremism cases
Sentence
2 years
of suspended sentence
First instance, August 14, 2024: 2 years
Charges
- Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Participation in the activities of an extremist organization
Full wording of the charges
According to the investigation, from the summer of 2019 to the spring of 2020, she distributed propaganda materials and held meetings at which she discredited the Russian authorities.
Latest event
July 4, 2025 — appeal
The court changed the sentence to 2 years.
Timeline
· Appeal ruling
sentence changed · 2 years
· Imprisonment begins
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 2 years
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
· Persecution begins
The case of "Citizens of the USSR" in the Sverdlovsk region
Criminal case
The case of "Citizens of the USSR" in the Sverdlovsk region
Other defendants in the case
- Pyotr Afanasenko — Imprisoned, 6 years
- Aleksandr Bersenev — At large, 2 years
- Svetlana Gorina — At large, 6 years
- Dmitrii Koval — At large, 2 years
- Valerii Kriukov — At large, 2 years
- Liudmila Larionova — At large, 2 years
- Alexandr Maurin — At large, 2 years
- Aleksei Makhlanov — At large, 2 years
- Oleg Novopashin — At large, 2 years
- Sergei Chibikov — At large, 2 years
Details and sources
Full summary
A resident of the Sverdlovsk region. She was accused of participating in the activities of an extremist organisation. The investigation believed that she was involved in the "citizens of the USSR" movement. Representatives of this movement deny the collapse of the USSR; it is not clear how structured this movement is or how serious a threat it poses to Russian society. Dubina was under a recognisance not to leave. On 14 August 2024, she was sentenced to two years in a general regime colony. On 4 July 2025, on appeal, the term was replaced with a suspended sentence with a two-year probation period.
Other people prosecuted under Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.