Rositsa Georgieva
Rositsa Georgieva, born 1993, Volgograd Oblast. Charges: Article 205.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Public incitement to terrorism or justification of terrorism (using media or the internet)); “Rositsa Georgieva’s case of justifying terrorism”. Sentence (September 9, 2025): 3 years’ imprisonment in a general regime colony. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since October 25, 2025; place of detention: Pre-trial detention centre No. 1, Rostov Oblast.
In brief
Volgograd Oblast · Entrepreneurs · Terrorism cases
Sentence
3 years
imprisonment in a general regime colony
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)
Full wording of the charges
According to the court, on 3 and 5 March, as well as on 25 November 2024, the woman, while at her place of residence in the Volgograd region, posted comments justifying terrorism under a post with videos, photos and messages covering the subversive and terrorist activities of the Russian Volunteer Corps (RVC, designated as a terrorist organisation).
Latest event
October 25, 2025 — imprisonment begins
Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region
Timeline
· Imprisonment begins
Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 3 years
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Persecution begins
Rositsa Georgieva’s case of justifying terrorism
Criminal case
Rositsa Georgieva’s case of justifying terrorism
- Case number
- 1-438/2025
Write a letter
Facility: Pre-trial detention centre No. 1, Rostov Oblast
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
344022 г. Ростов-на-Дону, ул. Максима Горького, 219, ФКУ СИЗО-1 УФСИН России по Ростовской области, Георгиева Росица Иванова, 1993 г.р.
Details and sources
Full summary
She is a citizen of Bulgaria and resident of the Volgograd region. Georgieva was charged with justification of terrorism for the comments she posted in March and November 2024 under a post about the activities of the Russian Volunteer Corps, which fights on the side of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. The content of Georgieva’s comments is unknown. On 9 September 2025, the court sentenced her to three years in a general regime penal colony.
It is unknown when exactly the criminal case was initiated against Georgieva, but in December 2024 she was subjected to “carousel arrests”: she was arrested twice in a row in administrative cases of disobedience to the police and petty hooliganism. On 9 December, she was arrested for 13 days under the first article; on 21 December, she was arrested for another 10 days under the second one.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Bulgaria
Other people prosecuted under Article 205.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.