“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.…