Anna Zhuravleva
Anna Zhuravleva, born 2009, Moscow Oblast. Charges: Article 105 part 2 applied with Article 30 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Conspiracy to commit murder); Article 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in the activities of a terrorist organization); “The case of a Moscow region schoolgirl's involvement in the Columbine movement”. Status: at large.
In brief
Moscow Oblast · Schoolchildren · Terrorism cases
Sentence
No information about a verdict.
Preventive measure: travel ban (written undertaking) since September 29, 2025
Charges
- Article 105 part 2 applied with Article 30 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Conspiracy to commit murder
- Article 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Participation in the activities of a terrorist organization
Full wording of the charges
According to the investigators, she had been preparing an armed attack on the school, searched online for items to commit a murder, and was actively interested in the Columbine movement.
Latest event
June 17, 2025 — preventive measure: travel ban (written undertaking)
Timeline
· Preventive measure: travel ban (written undertaking)
· Preventive measure: temporary stay in hospital
· Preventive measure changed
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Persecution begins
The case of a Moscow region schoolgirl's involvement in the Columbine movement
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Criminal case
The case of a Moscow region schoolgirl's involvement in the Columbine movement
Details and sources
Full summary
A resident of the Moscow region, a schoolgirl. On 15 November 2023, she was detained on suspicion of preparing an attack on the school she was attending, as well as participating in the activities of a terrorist organisation, namely the defunct Columbine movement. The publication of the "Takie dela" media dedicated to the girl (in the text she is called Lyuba) stated that she came across a private Telegram channel on the stories of the teenagers who committed shootings in American schools while she has been studying this topic. To join the channel and receive, as it has been promised to her, some secret information, the girl was required to fill out a questionnaire about her intentions related to the school shooting, using ready-made answers. Zhuravleva, according to the case file cited by the publication, indicated that she intended to carry out a school shooting four years after filling out the questionnaire. The promised secret information was not sent to her. The publication in "Takie dela" also says that the girl exploded a firecracker and recorded it on video. Experts, having studied the seized fragments of the firecracker, concluded that it was not an explosive device. The schoolgirl was placed in custody.
The article in "Takie dela" says that the girl was bullied by her cellmates and due to that sent to a psychiatric hospital. Later, she was returned to the pre-trial detention centre. However, upon the case getting the attention of the general public, it was transferred to another investigator. A torture case has been opened, and Zhuravleva was released on 17 June 2025 on her own recognizance.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 105 part 2 applied with Article 30 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
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