A woman from Serpukhov has been given a suspended sentence in a case concerning the financing of “AllatRa.”

On 9 June, the Serpukhov City Court in Moscow Oblast sentenced local resident Yekaterina Leonova to one year and six months of suspended imprisonment in a case concerning the financing of an “undesirable organisation” (part 2 of article 284.1 of the Russian Criminal Code). This was reported by the court’s press service.

The woman was also given a one-year probation period.

According to the investigation, around 2015 Leonova learned about the AllatRa movement and decided to join it. In August 2023, the Russian Prosecutor General’s Office declared the movement an “undesirable organisation.”

Despite this, between 29 October 2023 and 7 January 2024, Leonova transferred 10,500 rubles (approximately US$115) to the organisation’s accounts in several transactions.

• The AllatRa movement was founded in Ukraine in 2011. It combines elements of religious cults, conspiracy theories, philosophy, and esoteric beliefs. In 2021, the analytical outlet VoxUkraine linked the movement to Russian propaganda and described it as a “conspiracy religion aimed at spreading the 'Russian world' to anyone who can read in Russian.”
• In May, Russian Prosecutor General Igor Krasnov filed a lawsuit seeking to have the AllatRa movement declared an extremist organisation and have its activities banned in Russia. The Supreme Court was due to consider the case on 9 June.