Z-blogger Montyan Sentenced to 1.5 Years for 'Killing Oхранота' Call
Z-blogger Montyan was sentenced to 1.5 years in a general regime prison for inciting to 'soak the guards.' In Donetsk, a district court under the control of occupying authorities sentenced 54-year-old Tatiana Montyan to 1.5 years in prison.
Consensus
- Tatiana Montyan was sentenced to 18 months in prison by the Voroshilovsky District Court in occupied Donetsk.
- The sentence was based on a 2022 live stream comment where she said 'kill the oхранота without any regret'.
- The court found her guilty of inciting extremism under Article 280, Part 2 of the Russian Criminal Code.
- The term 'охранота' refers to state-aligned propagandists who suppress criticism of the military and political leadership.
- Montyan is a pro-Russian blogger and former lawyer from Crimea who worked in Ukraine before moving to Russia in 2021.
- She writes for RT and has over 400,000 subscribers on her Telegram channel.
- Ukraine has opened multiple criminal cases against her, including for collaborationist activities.
- The prosecution requested five years of corrective labor, but the court sentenced her to general regime prison.
- The court also banned her from administering websites for two years.
Points of divergence
- The case became public in October 2025 when Montyan was added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of terrorists and extremists. — meduza
- Ekateryna Mizulina, head of the 'League of Safe Internet,' reported Montyan to the Ministry of Internal Affairs due to numerous complaints about 'discrediting the army' in her posts. — meduza
- Montyan was criticized on Vladimir Solovyov's channel, where Boris Yakemenko accused her of embezzling funds from collections she organized for Russian soldiers. — meduza
- Montyan and her supporters stated that 'killing' meant banning such figures in comments, not physical violence. — tg_bbcrussian
- The prosecution viewed the phrase as a call for 'violent actions against a social group' called 'охранота'. — tg_bbcrussian
Coverage (3 sources)
- Z-blogger Tatiana Montyan received one and a half years in a colony — because of words about 'Ohranota' that must be 'urinated on without any regret' — Meduza
- Z-blogger Montyan sent to prison for one and a half years for calling to 'soak the security forces' — The Moscow Times
- Z-blogger Tatiana Montyan sentenced to 1.5 years in prison for inciting violence against "social group of people "security guards"" — BBC News Русская служба