Larisa Pashnina
Larisa Pashnina, born 1938, Tyumen Oblast. Charges: Article 205.1 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Assisting in terrorist activities); Article 205.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Public incitement to terrorism or justification of terrorism (using media or the internet)); “Case of "USSR Citizens" in the Tyumen region”. Sentenced on October 30, 2023. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since October 30, 2023.
In brief
Tyumen Oblast · Tyumen · Pensioners · Terrorism cases
Sentence
Imprisonment (general regime)
Upheld March 4, 2026
Charges
- Article 205.1 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Assisting in terrorist activities
- 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, being active supporters of the idea that the Russian Federation should cease to exist illegally, she participated in a public movement aimed at reviving the former USSR state on the territory of Russia and disseminated information about it on the Internet; wishing to violently overthrow the State power in the Russian Federation, she joined an organised group aimed at forcibly seizing State power and forcibly changing the constitutional system in the Russian Federation by self-proclaimed USSR authorities, to which supporters of the idea that the USSR ceased to exist illegally have been attracted by means of persuasion, requests, and proposals on the Internet.
Latest event
March 4, 2026 — appeal
The court upheld the verdict.
Timeline
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· Imprisonment begins
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Preventive measure: house arrest
· Persecution begins
Case of "USSR Citizens" in the Tyumen region
Criminal case
Case of "USSR Citizens" in the Tyumen region
Other defendants in the case
- Elvira Abdullina — Imprisoned
- Vladimir Ignatov — Imprisoned
- Pavel Kalitaev — At large
- Vasily Korostil — Imprisoned
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Full summary
A resident of the Tyumen region. On 10 June 2021, she was placed under house arrest on charges of incitement and calls to terrorism due to her involvement in the "citizens of the USSR" movement. On 30 October 2023, Pashnina was sentenced to imprisonment in a general regime penal colony, the exact term is unknown.
Other people prosecuted under Article 205.1 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.