The court sentenced a 19-year-old Russian woman to seven years in prison for trying to join the Armed Forces of Ukraine
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The Southern District Military Court sentenced a 19-year-old native of Irkutsk to seven years in prison for preparing to participate in a terrorist organization and defecting to the enemy.
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The Southern District Military Court issued a verdict in the case of preparation for participation in the activities of a terrorist organization.
The Southern District Military Court sentenced a 19-year-old native of Irkutsk, who was planning to serve in the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU). The prosecutor's office of the Krasnodar region reported this to Lenta.ru.
The defendant was found guilty of preparing to participate in the activities of a terrorist organization and defecting to the enemy. She was sentenced to seven years in prison.
The court found that in August 2025, the citizen established contact with a terrorist organization, filled out a candidate form for joining it and corresponded on issues of leaving Russia for the territory of Ukraine.
In her mobile phone, security forces found a questionnaire, correspondence, photographs with symbols of a terrorist organization, as well as an appeal to the Ukrainian diplomatic institution regarding entry into the country and concluding a contract with the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
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- Which terrorist organization is mentioned in the case?
