For several posts and a conversation with an acquaintance, Polina Yevtushenko was asked to serve 18 years in prison. Now her pages on VK have been deleted, but the First Department managed to figure out what words the girl was being persecuted for

On January 14, 2026, the next hearing in the case of Polina Yevtushenko was held in the Central District Military Court of Samara. The prosecution took part in the debate. Prosecutor Antonina Dolinina requested a real prison term for Yevtushenko, who is being persecuted for a private conversation with an acquaintance and posts on Instagram. The “first department” figured out exactly what words the girl was being persecuted for.

Comment on Instagram with the text: “Glory to RDK! You are heroes!

These four words, according to the investigator and prosecutor, contain “public calls for terrorist activities, public justification of terrorism or propaganda of terrorism” (Part 2 205.2 of the Criminal Code). For the comment, the prosecutor asked the court to sentence Yevtushenko to six years in prison - 1.5 years for each word.

Reposting a post that had three images

In one of them (in the picture below), Candidate of Historical Sciences from Vyatka State University M.Yu. Litsarev saw “an insult to the memory of the defenders of the Fatherland and a humiliation of the honor and dignity of a veteran of the Great Patriotic War.” According to the investigator, this picture is “the dissemination of information expressing obvious disrespect for society about the days of military glory and memorable dates of Russia related to the defense of the Fatherland, desecration of symbols of the military glory of Russia, an insult to the memory of the defenders of the Fatherland, or humiliation of the honor and dignity of a veteran of the Great Patriotic War” (Part 4 354.1 of the Criminal Code). The requested sentence for one image is four years in prison.

Photo: social networks

Posts in which they found “the spread of fakes about the Russian army based on political hatred” (clause “d”, part 2 of article 207.3 of the Criminal Code):

• a publication on VKontakte that began with the words: “They buried a two-day-old child who was killed by a Russian missile that hit a maternity hospital in Volnyansk”;
• three images, one of which says: “Russian soldiers are raping little Ukrainian girls. They're heroes, right?" — presumably, we could be talking about Russian soldiers Vadim Shakhmatov and Yevgeny Chernoknizhny. Ukraine accused them of raping several residents of Bucha, including a four-year-old girl;
• a post on Instagram that began with the phrase: “More than 350 children died...”

Prosecutor Antonina Dolinina believes that for each of the three posts a punishment of nine years in prison should be imposed.

Yevtushenko published instructions with the title “How to avoid mobilization? What should I do?"

The text contained information that “you need to remember all your illnesses,” leave Russia or “get a job at the military-industrial complex” in order to receive a reservation from mobilization. Also in one of the paragraphs it was said that “if the military registration and enlistment offices are burned, your registration documents will not be there.” In this phrase the investigator saw “public calls for terrorism” (Part 2 of Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code). The requested term is six years in prison.

A publication dated June 22, 2022, which was accompanied by a 6-minute video and began with the words:

“Our negligence, apoliticality, contempt for our neighbors, patient attitude towards the Putin regime and his antics - these are the main reasons for the disaster that occurred on February 24, 2022.” On August 1, 2022, a video appeared on the LSR YouTube channel, the description of which completely coincides with what was read in court. Perhaps Yevtushenko posted it. For this, the prosecutor asked to sentence her to six years in prison and to ban her from using the Internet for two years (“calls for terrorism”, part 2 of article 205.2 of the Criminal Code).

Two more videos

In a post with the words “Glory to Ukraine! Freedom from the Putin regime of Russia!”, to which a video related to the Legion “Freedom of Russia” was attached, the investigator saw “public calls for extremist activity” (Part 2 of Article 280 of the Criminal Code). According to prosecutor Dolinina, Yevtushenko should receive four years in prison for this.

In the publication of the video “ Address of the First to the soldiers of the RF Armed Forces, ” two crimes were found at once: “calls for extremism” (Part 2 of Article 280 of the Criminal Code) and “calls for terrorism” (Part 2 of Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code). For him, Dolinina asked the court to sentence Yevtushenko to six years in prison.

The Supreme Court of the Russian Federation recognized the Legion "Freedom of Russia" as a terrorist organization on March 16, 2023. All Yevtushenko’s publications related to LSR were made long before this date. Nevertheless, she is charged with “terrorist compounds.” Even before her arrest, that is, until mid-July 2023, Yevtushenko deleted her pages on VKontakte, where she published the above posts.

Conversation with Nikolai Komarov

Two more charges - “preparation for high treason in the form of inducement to go over to the side of the enemy” (Article 275 of the Criminal Code through Part 1 of Article 30 of the Criminal Code, according to which nine years in prison and one year of restriction of freedom were requested for Yevtushenko) and “assistance in terrorist activities” (Part 1.1 of Article 205.1 of the Criminal Code, the prosecutor requested 12 years in prison) - are charged for talking with an acquaintance about war and mobilization.

Nikolai Komarov met Polina Yevtushenko on social networks, invited her on friendly dates, but secretly recorded all meetings with a tape recorder. Later he cut them in the way he needed and took them to the FSB. Accusations of publishing posts appeared in the case after Yevtushenko’s arrest following Komarov’s denunciation.

Photo: Nikolay Komarov / “Cold”

The recordings of the conversations were analyzed by two expert linguists, but their conclusions were very different from each other. Thus, FSB employee Tatyana Naumova fully confirms the investigation’s version that Yevtushenko persuaded Komarov to join the Legion. In the linguistic conclusion of linguist Elena Novozhilova, independent of the FSB, it is said that Nikolai Komarov is the initiator of numerous remarks, primarily about the Legion “Freedom of Russia” and about emigration, as well as “illocutionarily forcing remarks throughout the entire communication, including compulsion to a certain reaction.” As examples, Komarov’s phrases are given: “She exists in any case, you must agree, you don’t have to deny it,” “Pauline, just without any excuses, I’m telling you right away.”

During interrogation in court, Komarov said that he initially wanted to obtain Ukrainian citizenship in order to move to the United States (that’s why he asked Yevtushenko about the Legion, because after joining it you can supposedly get Ukrainian citizenship), but after the shelling of Belgorod began, he realized that he was wrong about his assessment of the war.

Komarov explained his desire to denounce Yevtushenko with fear for his future: “I read on the Internet that if a person himself comes and reports a crime that has not taken place, then he is released. I was afraid, I looked at the deadlines they were facing. My mother is a pensioner, and I have my whole life ahead of me, I want to live. I wrote everything down on a disc and went to the FSB.”

In court, Yevtushenko’s lawyer drew attention to the fact that Komarov provided the FSB not with complete recordings of conversations, but with trimmed parts. Also on one of the recordings, Komarov, before the meeting, speaks out loud conversation topics related to the Legion.

At the meeting, Komarov confirmed that he has a criminal record. Earlier, “Kholod” said that in 2009 he was sentenced to two years probation for the theft of a mobile phone, and later to two more real terms for the theft of cable and Internet equipment. In 2012, Komarov was released on parole. According to Kholod, in the spring of 2024 he is under recognizance not to leave the place in connection with a new criminal case.

Nikolai Komarov has been seen in similar provocations before. So, he was a volunteer at the Samara headquarters of Alexei Navalny, and then recorded a “revealing” video about his work. “Cold” also found out that several years ago on his VKontakte page, Komarov wrote: “Pure blood 卐 White Race 卐,” and in the “Favorite books” section he indicated Adolf Hitler’s book “Mein Kampf.”

Old publications of Komarov in VK / “Cold”

Based on the totality of crimes, prosecutor Antonina Dolinina demanded that Polina Yevtushenko be sentenced to 18 years in prison, a ban on using the Internet for 6 years and one year of restriction of freedom (this means that after her release, Yevtushenko will be required to report to the Federal Penitentiary Service one to four times a month and comply with certain prohibitions. For example, a ban on leaving the region. Judge Igor Belkin will establish a specific list of restrictions if he considers it necessary to impose this type of punishment). Dolinina also demanded that Polina’s mobile phone and laptop be confiscated.

The next hearing in the Yevtushenko case will take place on February 2, 2026 at 14:00 in the Central District Military Court of Samara (Maslennikova Ave., 12). Anyone can come to the hearing.