Olga Ivashchenko
- Criminal Code
- Article 282.2 part 1.1, Russian Criminal CodeArticle 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal CodeArticle 282.3 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
- Case category
- Extremism cases
- Verdict
- Suspended prison sentence
- Sentence
- 5 years
- Date of verdict
- 2025-06-20
- Region
- Kemerovo Oblast
- City
- Belovo
Case summary
The resident of the Kemerovo region. On 20 June 2025, she was sentenced to five years' suspended sentence on charges of participation in the activities of an extremist organisation, recruitment to it and its financing. According to the version of law enforcers, she participated in the activities of the "Community of Free Russians" in order to continue the activities of the "Union of Slavic Forces of Russia" banned by the Supreme Court of Komi in 2019. This is one of the many organisations of "citizens of the USSR" who deny the collapse of the Soviet Union and seek its de facto restoration
Others charged under Article 282.2 part 1.1, Russian Criminal Code
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