Former FSB officer, transgender girl Katerina Myers was fined 300 thousand rubles in the case of state secrets, the court session was held behind closed doors, RBC reports citing her lawyer Konstantin Erokhin.
“She was fined for crossing the border by a person with travel restrictions, art. 283.2 [УК, нарушение требований по защите государственной тайны]. An FSB officer has no right to go abroad, in December last year, Katerina tried to fly to Mexico, she was detained at the border, ”said the lawyer. The prosecutor’s office asked to fine Myers for 400 thousand rubles.
After the verdict was passed, Myers returned her passport and canceled her travel ban. She is now subject to the same travel restrictions imposed on her as a former FSB officer.
Before the transition, the girl was the captain of the border service Alexander Chumakov, who served in the FSB for 12 years, working in the North Caucasus. In the department, she was engaged in analytical work related to extremist and terrorist materials on the Internet, and “working with journalists,” wrote Znak. She began taking gender reassignment drugs in 2020, after which she faced pressure at work. After her dismissal from the FSB, the girl became a makeup artist.
In March, Myers’ home was searched in connection with an attempt to travel abroad, and she was interrogated by the FSB. She is considered a bearer of state secrets, in connection with which she is banned from traveling abroad until 2026. Myers complained about the bullying on the Internet by transphobes.
Source: Rosbalt
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