Julia Platica
Julia Platica, born 1985, Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea. Charges: Article 280 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Public calls for extremism (using mass media or the internet)); “Yulia Platica's case on calls for extremism”. Sentence (August 21, 2025): 2 years 6 months' deprivation of liberty suspended with a probationary period of 2 years, prohibition to engage in… Status: at large.
In brief
Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea · Simferopol · Extremism cases
Sentence
2 years 6 months
deprivation of liberty suspended with a probationary period of 2 years, prohibition to engage in administration of websites for a period of 2 years 6 months
No information about an appeal ruling.
Charges
- Article 280 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Public calls for extremism (using mass media or the internet)
Full wording of the charges
According to the investigation, she posted calls to "eradicate the Russian language along with the Russian nation from the face of the earth" in a Ukrainian chat room.
Latest event
September 8, 2025 — imprisonment begins
Timeline
· Imprisonment begins
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 2 years 6 months
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Persecution begins
Yulia Platica's case on calls for extremism
Criminal case
Yulia Platica's case on calls for extremism
- Case number
- 1-316/2025
Details and sources
Full summary
A resident of Simferopol. A case of incitement to extremism was brought against her: according to the investigation, she called for the eradication of the Russian language and the Russian nation. On 21 August 2025, Platika was sentenced to two and a half years suspended sentence.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 280 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.