Overview
- Judge(s) at Moscow’s Cheremushkinsky District Court found Timchenko guilty under Part 3 of Article 284.1 for organizing the activities of an organization deemed undesirable.
- Prosecutors said the five-year prison term is considered in absentia and will begin from the moment of her detention in Russia or her extradition.
- RIA Novosti reported the court also barred her from holding leadership positions for five years.
- Investigators cited videos posted in September 2024 and March 2025 as evidence of efforts to shape protest sentiment and involve people in an undesirable organization.
- Timchenko lives abroad, has been placed on a wanted list following a May 2025 case opening, and Meduza has been designated in Russia as both a foreign agent and an undesirable organization.