Natalia Shakh
Natalia Shakh, born 1978, Perm Krai. Charges: Article 205.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Public incitement to terrorism or justification of terrorism (using media or the internet)); “Natalia Shakh's case of calls to terrorism”. Sentence (April 24, 2026): 5 years 6 months' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony. Status: imprisoned.
In brief
Sentence
5 years 6 months
imprisonment in a general regime penal colony
No information about an appeal ruling.
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 team, Shah left a number of comments on VKontakte: "Fascists are inside the country, not in Ukraine, I always knew it. Down with Putler and his lackeys, it's time to form battalions among the people and kill all this mould that has seized power," she wrote in October 2022; "Take machine guns and attack the Kremlin," Shakh wrote in March 2023; "No one is obliged to sign anything and especially not go anywhere. This Kremlin organised crime gang wants to intimidate everyone and to destroy the Slavic people, this is what they wish and what they offer. First they want to destroy all men, and then evacuate old men, women and children. Population reduction in full swing. Unite, resist, organise druzhiny, partisan units", said the accused under an entry in the Lentach community in June 2023. According to the state prosecution, Shakh, based on her negative attitude towards the Russian president, the government and the SVO, published comments that were intended to influence the consciousness and will of people and to induce them to commit terrorist activities, as well as to create armed groups.
Latest event
April 24, 2026 — first-instance verdict
The court delivered a guilty verdict: 5 years 6 months.
Timeline
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 5 years 6 months
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Persecution begins
Natalia Shakh's case of calls to terrorism
Criminal case
Natalia Shakh's case of calls to terrorism
- Case number
- 2-275/2025
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Full summary
A resident of the village of Pashiya (Perm Krai). She was prosecuted for incitement to terrorism because of three comments left on VKontakte, published between October 2022 and March 2023. In one of them she wrote that "it's time to form battalions among the people and kill all this mould that has seized power", in another she called for taking machine guns and marching on the Kremlin, and in the third she also wrote that it was necessary to resist the authorities and create guerrilla groups.
It is not known when exactly a case was brought against the woman. In October 2024, her name appeared on Rosfinmonitoring's list of "terrorists and extremists." On 30 September 2025, the court began hearing her case. On 24 April 2026, Shah was sentenced to five and a half years in a general regime colony.
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