Vera Egorenkova
Vera Egorenkova, Oryol Oblast. Charges: Article 354.1 part 4, Russian Criminal Code (Insulting the memory, symbols, and veterans of the Great Patriotic War (committed by a group of…); “The case of spitting at the "Motherland Calls" monument”. Sentence (August 12, 2025): 2 years of community work. Status: at large. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, April 13, 2026.
In brief
Oryol Oblast · Oryol · Bloggers
Sentence
2 years of community work
Upheld October 16, 2025
Charges
- Article 354.1 part 4, Russian Criminal Code — Insulting the memory, symbols, and veterans of the Great Patriotic War (committed by a group of individuals or using mass media or the Internet)
Full wording of the charges
According to the investigation, "publicly desecrated the symbol of military glory of Russia - the image of the sculpture "The Motherland Calls", recognised as a particularly valuable object of cultural heritage of the peoples of the Russian Federation".
Latest event
April 13, 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, April 13, 2026
Timeline
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict
· Preventive measure: ban on certain activities
· Preventive measure: placement in a temporary detention facility
· Persecution begins
The case of spitting at the "Motherland Calls" monument
Criminal case
The case of spitting at the "Motherland Calls" monument
- Case number
- 2-6/2025
Details and sources
Full summary
A resident of Orel, a trash streamer. In October 2024, Ekaterina Mizulina, head of the Safe Internet League, published several clips from her streams in her Telegram channel. Mizulina stated that Egorenkova was being helped by a "moderator from Kyiv" and drew attention to the fact that during one of her streams she shouted "No to war" for donations. A case of desecration of symbols of military glory was brought against Egorenkova because of the stream where she spat on the image of the monument "The Motherland Calls". On 28 October, a preventive measure in the form of a ban on certain actions was imposed against her. At the end of July 2025, the case went to court. On 12 August 2025, Egorenkova was sentenced to two years of forced labour.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
- Preventive measures
- ban on certain activities
Other people prosecuted under Article 354.1 part 4, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.