Novosibirsk residents were sentenced to 13 and 16 years in a maximum-security prison for leaflets and graffiti.
25-year-old Vladislava Lebedeva and 26 year old Egor MukhortovThey were tried on charges of "treason" and "justifying terrorism." Their sentence was handed down by a judge of the 2nd Eastern District Military Court. Maxim Borsuk.
According to the FSB, in 2023 young people "They posted leaflets with anti-Russian slogans and covered the walls with graffiti depicting the paraphernalia of a terrorist group." on assignment from the "Freedom of Russia Legion." They were detained in 2025.
Mukhortov received 16 years in prison, and Lebedev 13, despite the prosecution's request for 17 and 15 years, respectively. The young men will spend the first three years of their sentences in prison.
According to the First Department, in 2025 alone, Russian courts issued two verdicts for treason and espionage every working day. This is the highest number in the history of modern Russia.
Many of these cases are provocations by the security services. Security agents add you as a friend, force you to communicate, and then push you into making responses that could be classified as crimes against state security.