Galina Moreva
Galina Moreva, born 1972, Rostov Oblast. Charges: Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in the activities of an extremist organization); “The case of "Citizens of the USSR" in the Rostov region”. Sentence (August 16, 2024): Four years' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony with subsequent restriction of liberty for one year and a… Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since August 16, 2024; place of detention: Penal colony No. 2, Mordovia.
In brief
Rostov Oblast · NULL · Entrepreneurs · Extremism cases
Sentence
4 years
Four years' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony with subsequent restriction of liberty for one year and a four-year ban on engaging in activities related to organisation of public associations.
Upheld March 18, 2025
Charges
- Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Participation in the activities of an extremist organization
Full wording of the charges
According to the investigation, she did not recognise the Russian Federation and opposed its state authorities, continued to promote the ideology of the Union of Slavic Forces of Russia among the residents of Rostov region, despite the ban on her activities.
Latest event
March 18, 2025 — appeal
The court upheld the verdict.
Timeline
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 4 years
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
Criminal case
The case of "Citizens of the USSR" in the Rostov region
Other defendants in the case
- Alexander Akulinichev — Imprisoned, 5 years
- Elena Akulinicheva — Imprisoned, 4 years
- Maria Kamenskaia — Imprisoned, 5 years
- Oleg Kolesov — Imprisoned, 7 years 6 months
- Lidiya Tokhmakhova — Imprisoned, 4 years
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Facility: Penal colony No. 2, Mordovia
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
431160, Республика Мордовия, Зубово-Полянский район, п. Явас, ул. Чернореченская, д. 1, ИК-2, ФКУ «ИК № 2 УФСИН России по Республике Мордовия», Морева Галина Владимировна, 1972 г.р.
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Full summary
Resident of the Rostov region. A case was brought against her for participation in the activities of an extremist organisation due to her involvement in a movement of "citizens of the USSR", which does not have a strict structure as it's made up of disparate groups of people denying the collapse of the USSR. On 16 August 2024, she was sentenced to four years in a penal colony, followed by one-year restriction of freedom and a four-year ban on engaging in activities related to organisation of public associations.
Other people prosecuted under Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.