“They tasked me with getting him to admit he was LGBTQ too”: A Russian trans girl's first-hand account of how to escape the FSB
In January 2025, FSB officers searched the home of an 18-year-old trans girl from Tyumen, found correspondence with the Combat Organization of Anarcho-Communists (BOAK) on her phone, and threatened her with criminal charges that could have led to years in prison. Under pressure, she agreed to cooperate with the authorities, and her handlers tasked her with approaching LGBTQ people, gaining their…
On January 15, 2025, a masked man burst into the home of a Russian trans girl, who was living with her parents at the time. Officials, under the guise of an IED search, entered her residence and seized her computer, phone, and portable camera. The girl was taken to the FSB headquarters and interrogated for almost a full day. Despite denying any involvement and refusing to unlock her phone, the officers continued pressuring her.
They eventually found her correspondence with the Combat Organization of Anarcho-Communists and used it to accuse her of "training in terrorist activity." The girl was then summoned to Tyumen State University and informed she was facing 15 to 25 years in prison, with the only way out being cooperation.
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