The 1st Western District Military Court of St. Petersburg has issued a verdict in a case of justifying terrorism, sentencing transgender woman Olga Sivushkova to four years in a general-regime penal colony, reports the outlet Mediazona.
The prosecution initially sought a four-year prison term for the defendant. The criminal case was initiated based on her publication of a link to an interview by Mark Feigin with Maximilian Andronnikov—a representative of the Freedom of Russia Legion and a far-right activist.
Sivushkova was detained in Vologda in January 2025. While in pretrial detention, she reported pressure from the administration and claimed that her court-appointed lawyer had "deceptively" persuaded her to sign documents provided by the investigator.
Sivushkova’s biography includes several relocations: in childhood, she moved from Tajikistan to Israel, and in 2012—to a refugee camp in the West Bank. However, Palestinian security forces twice handed her over to Israeli authorities, who subsequently barred her from returning to the West Bank. Additionally, she served a two-year prison sentence in Egypt.
According to Mediazona, in 2018, after her gender transition, Sivushkova became an informant for the Center "E" in the New Greatness case, operating under the alias "Koshka" (Cat). She claimed she was "unethically excluded" from a chat with individuals involved in the case, after which she began contacting people presenting themselves as law enforcement officers.