Olga Ogarkova
Olga Ogarkova, born 1968, Zabaykalsky Krai. Charges: Article 205.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Public incitement to terrorism or justification of terrorism (using media or the internet)); “Olga Ogarkova's case of calls to terrorism”. Sentence (August 20, 2025): 5 years of imprisonment in a general regime penal colony and a three-year ban on posting comments and other materials… Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since August 20, 2025; place of detention: Penal colony No. 7, Buryatia. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, January 20, 2026.
In brief
Zabaykalsky Krai · Chita · Pensioners · Anti-war cases, Terrorism cases
Sentence
5 years
of imprisonment in a general regime penal colony and a three-year ban on posting comments and other materials online.
Upheld December 3, 2025
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 the investigation, between December 2022 and February 2024, she posted messages in the publicly available channel of one of the popular messengers and its internal chat room containing calls for an attempt on the life of the President of the Russian Federation V.V. Putin, as well as justifications for missile strikes on the Crimean bridge. The accused supported her publications with disrespectful expressions against her compatriots and fellow Zabaikals, wishes of victory to the armed forces of Ukraine, and support for sabotage and terrorist attacks in Russia.
Latest event
January 20, 2026 — recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, January 20, 2026
Timeline
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 5 years
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Zabaikalsky Krai
Criminal case
Olga Ogarkova's case of calls to terrorism
- Case number
- 1-159/2025
Thematic group: Anti-war case
Write a letter
Facility: Penal colony No. 7, Buryatia
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
670000, ул. Пристанская д.4-а, Бурятия, г. Улан- Удэ, ФКУ «ИК № 7 УФСИН России по Республике Бурятия», Огаркова Ольга Альбертовна, 1968 г.р.
Details and sources
Full summary
A resident of Chita has been charged with inciting terrorism online. According to the prosecution, Ogarkova made comments from December 2022 to February 2024 in which she called for attacks on the life of President Vladimir Putin and justified missile strikes on the Crimea Bridge. In late July 2025, the case was transferred to the Second Eastern District Military Court. On 20 August 2025, Ogarkova was sentenced to five years in a general regime penal colony.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
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