Alena Guseva
Alena Guseva, born 1986, Occupied territory of Sevastopol. Charges: Article 280 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Public calls for extremism (using mass media or the internet)); “The case of a Yalta resident over incitement for extremist activity”. Sentence (June 24, 2025): 2 years' suspended imprisonment. Status: at large.
In brief
Occupied territory of Sevastopol · Yalta · Anti-war cases, Extremism cases
Sentence
2 years
suspended imprisonment
No information about an appeal ruling.
Charges
- Article 280 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Public calls for extremism (using mass media or the internet)
Full wording of the charges
The reason for the case was aggressive statements about the Russian military.
Latest event
June 24, 2025 — first-instance verdict
The court delivered a guilty verdict: 2 years.
Timeline
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 2 years
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
Criminal case
The case of a Yalta resident over incitement for extremist activity
Thematic group: Anti-war case
Details and sources
Full summary
A resident of Yalta. A case of calls for extremist activity was opened against her because of aggressive statements about the Russian military. "Komsomolskaya Pravda" wrote that Guseva in comments "called for the destruction of Russians and insulted them". She herself said after her detention that after the war started she began to "writing not very good comments towards the Russian troops."
On 24 June 2025, Guseva was sentenced to a two-year suspended sentence.
Other people prosecuted under Article 280 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.