Karina Garipova
Karina Garipova, born 2005, Bashkortostan. Charges: Article 205.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Public incitement to terrorism or justification of terrorism (using media or the internet)); Article 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in the activities of a terrorist organization); “The case of Karina Garipova on the promotion of Columbine ideology”. Sentence (March 19, 2024): 5 years 6 months' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony, ban on administration of Internet sites for 2 years. Status: imprisoned.
In brief
Bashkortostan · Sterlitamak · Schoolchildren · Terrorism cases
Sentence
5 years 6 months
deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony, ban on administration of Internet sites for 2 years
No information about an appeal ruling.
Charges
- Article 205.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Public incitement to terrorism or justification of terrorism (using media or the internet)
- Article 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Participation in the activities of a terrorist organization
Full wording of the charges
According to the investigation, starting from the spring of 2022, in her correspondence in social networks with peers she promoted among them the idea of attacking educational institutions, and sent to some unknown persons several files which "attractively" present the organisers of the mass shooting at Columbine school.
Latest event
March 19, 2024 — first-instance verdict
The court delivered a guilty verdict: 5 years 6 months.
Timeline
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 5 years 6 months
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Persecution begins
The case of Karina Garipova on the promotion of Columbine ideology
· Preventive measure: travel ban (written undertaking)
Criminal case
The case of Karina Garipova on the promotion of Columbine ideology
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Full summary
A resident of Sterlitamak, who was a minor at the time of the persecution. In April 2023, her home was searched, and the law enforcers seized her personal diaries and equipment. According to the expertise of the seized items, since the spring of 2022, the schoolgirl had been corresponding in social networks with her peers and propagandised among them the idea of attacking educational institutions. In October, law enforcers opened a second criminal case. According to the investigation, the girl allegedly sent several files to unknown people, which "attractively" presented the organisers of the mass shooting at the Columbine school. On 19 March 2024, Garipova was sentenced to five and a half years in a general regime colony.
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- Citizenship
- Russia
- Preventive measures
- pre-trial detention
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