Olga Ogarkova
- Criminal Code
- Article 205.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
- Case category
- Anti-war casesTerrorism cases
- Verdict
- Ban on activity, Imprisonment (general regime)
- Sentence
- 5 years
- Date of verdict
- 2025-08-20
- Region
- Zabaykalsky Krai
- City
- Chita
- Facility
- ФКУ «ИК № 7 УФСИН России по Республике Бурятия»
- Address for letters
- 670000, ул. Пристанская д.4-а, Бурятия, г. Улан- Удэ, ФКУ «ИК № 7 УФСИН России по Республике Бурятия», Огаркова Ольга Альбертовна, 1968 г.р.
Recognition by human rights organisations
- Recognised as a political prisonerby Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, 20 January 2026
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Case 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.
Others charged under Article 205.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
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