Ekaterina Muranova
Ekaterina Muranova, born 1991, Karelia. Charges: Article 205.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Public incitement to terrorism or justification of terrorism (using media or the internet)); “Ekaterina Muranova's case on justifying terrorism”. Sentence (December 25, 2019): Fine of 350 thousand roubles (US$ 3800). Status: at large.
In brief
Karelia · Petrozavodsk · Shop assistants · Terrorism cases
Sentence
Fine of 350 thousand roubles (US$ 3800)
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 investigators, on 2 November 2018 Muranova, “sharing the ideology of anarchism and aware of the unlawful and socially dangerous nature of her actions, with the intent to justify terrorism to an unlimited audience of Internet users,” published a comment in a VKontakte group and a post on her own page. Both materials were devoted to Mikhail Zhlobitsky, who carried out a bombing in front of the FSB building.
Latest event
October 15, 2021 — removed from the rosfinmonitoring list
Timeline
· Removed from the Rosfinmonitoring list
· Persecution ends
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Persecution begins
Ekaterina Muranova's case on justifying terrorism
Criminal case
Ekaterina Muranova's case on justifying terrorism
- Case number
- 1-134/2019
Details and sources
Full summary
A resident of Karelia and an anarchist. A criminal case against her was initiated in March 2019. It was based on a comment she posted on VKontakte in response to a post about Mikhail Zhlobitsky, who blew himself up in the reception area of the Arkhangelsk regional office of the FSB.
At the trial, the prosecution’s witnesses included four students from the Russian State University of Justice, who gave similar testimony, as well as an officer from Centre “E”. Muranova did not deny writing the comment, but maintained that it did not constitute a justification of terrorism.
In December 2019, the court found her guilty and sentenced her to a fine of 350,000 roubles.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 205.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.