{
  "id": 14136047,
  "title": "“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",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/13/they-tasked-me-with-getting-him-to-admit-he-was-lgbtq-too-a-russian",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-13T06:17:56.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Insider",
    "slug": "the-insider",
    "url": "https://theins.press/en/confession/298157"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "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.",
  "summary": "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…",
  "key_points": [
    "Russian trans girl detained by masked FSB agents on January 15, 2025",
    "Officials seize her devices and interrogate her for a full day",
    "Accused of terrorist training; offered cooperation for reduced sentence"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}