Overview

• Prosecutors sent review materials to the Investigative Committee to decide on opening a case under Part 2, Article 205.2 of the Russian Criminal Code.
• Officials say a publicly accessible messenger-channel video featured Oksana Barsheva, known as Ksenia Larina, making statements that constitute calls for terrorist acts in Moscow and the public justification of terrorism.
• A law enforcement source told TASS the video included a suggestion that Ukraine carry out a strike on Moscow.
• The 62-year-old journalist was designated a foreign agent in September 2023 and currently resides outside Russia.
• She already faces a separate case for allegedly evading obligations under the foreign agent law, and prosecutors say they are monitoring the outcome of the latest review.