Rositsa Georgieva
- Criminal Code
- Article 205.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
- Case category
- Terrorism cases
- Verdict
- Imprisonment (general regime)
- Sentence
- 3 years
- Date of verdict
- 2025-09-09
- Region
- Volgograd Oblast
- Facility
- ФКУ СИЗО-1 УФСИН России по Ростовской области
- Address for letters
- 344022 г. Ростов-на-Дону, ул. Максима Горького, 219, ФКУ СИЗО-1 УФСИН России по Ростовской области, Георгиева Росица Иванова, 1993 г.р.
Case 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.
Others charged under Article 205.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
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