Producer Sentenced to 6.5 Years for Calls to Bomb Moscow
Russian television channel producers sentenced to 6.5 years on terrorism incitement case. Court sentenced journalist and television producer Kapitolina Averina.
Consensus
- Kapitolina Averina was sentenced to six and a half years in prison
- The sentence was for public calls to terrorism under Russian law
- The charges were based on statements made by Averina in Telegram chat groups
- One of the statements included a call to bomb Moscow
- Averina's husband, Yuri Stratii, died in May 2023 in the Zaporozhye region near the village of Rabotino while serving in the Ukrainian military
- Averina was detained on February 5, 2026, in Ivanovo, Leningrad Oblast
- She was detained while visiting her sick mother
- The investigation was conducted by the FSB's department in Kaluga Oblast
- Averina was held in pre-trial detention at IK-1 in Kaluga
- After her arrest, she was added to the list of terrorists and extremists by Rosfinmonitoring
- Before the prosecution, Averina worked on entertainment programs for Channel One, TV channel 'YU', RenTV, and 'Zvezda'
Coverage (6 sources)
- Producer of entertainment programs on Channel One and "Star" sentenced to 6.5 years in prison for incitement to terror... — Бумага
- Producer Kapitolina Averina, who worked with the First Channel and "Star", sentenced to 6.5 years in prison for incitement to terrorism — Медиазона
- Producers of Russian TV channels sentenced to 6.5 years on terrorism incitement case — Радио Свобода
- Producers of Russian TV channels sentenced to 6.5 years on terrorism incitement case — Сибирь.Реалии
- Producers of Russian TV channels sentenced to 6.5 years on terrorism incitement case — Настоящее Время
- Producers of Russian TV channels sentenced to 6.5 years on terrorism incitement case — Север.Реалии
Key entities
- Kapitolina Averina
- North
- First Channel
- Star
- Western District Military Court
- Mediasphere
- St. Petersburg
- Ivangorod
- Sever.Realii