Iulia Rybina
Iulia Rybina, born 1986, Krasnodar Krai. Charges: Article 282.2 part 1.1, Russian Criminal Code (Involvement of a person in the activities of an extremist organization); Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in the activities of an extremist organization); “The case of the "Citizens of USSR" in Sochi”. Sentence (December 4, 2025): 5 years' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony and a ban on engaging in activities related to participation… Status: imprisoned.
In brief
Krasnodar Krai · Sochi · Extremism cases
Sentence
5 years
deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony and a ban on engaging in activities related to participation in the work of voluntary associations and organisations for a period of 3 years
No information about an appeal ruling.
Charges
- Article 282.2 part 1.1, Russian Criminal Code — Involvement of a person in the activities of an extremist organization
- Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Participation in the activities of an extremist organization
Full wording of the charges
According to the investigation, on June 20, 2025, in Sochi, she put on her car state plates of an unidentified sample with symbols of an organisation whose activities were banned by a court ruling in 2022, and "communicated information related to the activities of an extremist organisation to an indefinite number of persons". From August 2022 to July 2025, she induced her husband and "other persons" to participate in the activities of the organisation.
Latest event
March 11, 2026 — added to the rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
Timeline
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 5 years
· Persecution begins
The case of the "Citizens of USSR" in Sochi
Criminal case
The case of the "Citizens of USSR" in Sochi
- Case number
- 1-427/2025
Other defendants in the case
- Iaroslav Rybin — Imprisoned, 3 years
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Full summary
A resident of Sochi. Not earlier than July 2025, she was taken into custody on charges of participating in the activities of an extremist organisation and involving others in such activities. The reason was that he, together with his mother, put on the car state plates of an unspecified sample with symbols of the organisation "citizens of the USSR" and told acquaintances about it, and persuaded her husband to join it. On 4 December 2025, Rybina was sentenced to five years in a general regime colony.
Other people prosecuted under Article 282.2 part 1.1, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.