Galina Filchenko
Galina Filchenko, born 1963, Moscow. Charges: Article 205.4 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in a terrorist community); Article 278, Russian Criminal Code (Violent seizure of power or alteration of the constitutional order); “Galina Filchenko's case of participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation and violent seizure of power”. Status: imprisoned. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, April 24, 2026.
In brief
Moscow · Moscow · Politicians · Terrorism cases
Sentence
No information about a verdict.
Charges
- Article 205.4 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Participation in a terrorist community
- Article 278, Russian Criminal Code — Violent seizure of power or alteration of the constitutional order
Latest event
April 24, 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 24, 2026
Timeline
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Persecution begins
Galina Filchenko's case of participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation and violent seizure of power
Criminal case
Galina Filchenko's case of participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation and violent seizure of power
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Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
111020, г. Москва, Лефортовский вал, д. 5, ФКУ СИЗО-2 ГУФСИН России по г. Москве ("Лефортово"), Фильченко Галина Александровна, 1963 г.р.
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Full summary
A resident of Moscow, former municipal deputy, member of the "Yabloko" party. Participant of the "Congress of People's Deputies" established in Poland in 2022. In May 2023 and January 2024, she was searched as a witness in the cases against Ilya Ponomarev, the organiser of the Congress, and in April 2025 - also as a witness in the case against members of the association "Deputies of Peaceful Russia". On 4th of March 2026, Filchenko was searched in the case of participation in the activities of a terrorist community, which the "Congress of People's Deputies" was recognised as, and violent seizure of power. The same day she was taken into custody.
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