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The Preobrazhensky District Court in Moscow has sentenced 64-year-old Galina Shustanova, a resident of Krasnogorsk (a town near Moscow), to seven years in a general regime penal colony on charges of organising the activities of an extremist organisation (Part 1, Article 282.2 of the Russian Criminal Code) and participating in it (Part 2, Article 282.2 of the Russian Criminal Code). This was reported by an observer present in the courtroom.

Shustanova was taken into custody in the courtroom. The prosecutor had requested an eight-year sentence.

According to the prosecution, the elderly woman created the association “Soviet People,” which continued the activities of the interregional public organisation “Citizens of the USSR.” In 2022, it was recognised as extremist (in fact, the court’s decision concerned the Samara group of “Citizens of the USSR”).

The state prosecutor claimed that the aim of “Soviet People” was to change the political regime and the Constitution, and to restore the USSR. Several people allegedly joined the association, and Shustanova was said to have raised money for its activities.

The elderly woman did not plead guilty. She insisted that she had no connection to the Samara group of “Citizens of the USSR.”

“I never went against the country, I worked for it for 40 years. Yes, we discussed the special military operation, but we did not say anything negative. I have been living in terror for the past year because of these charges,” she said in her final statement (quoted by SOTAvision).