The court classified the August 23 action as a repeat violation of rules on public events under Part 8 of Article 20.2 of the Administrative Code, according to the Chechen Supreme Court's press service. The date marked the third anniversary of Suleimanova's abduction.
Patyaeva stood at a monument to journalists killed for freedom of speech holding a placard reading "I demand an investigation into the murder of Seda Suleimanova." The sign also bore the Chechen words "Мичахь ю Сед?" — "Where is Seda?" She was detained the same day. Security officials said Grozny's city administration had not been notified of the picket.
In an interview with 7x7, the activist called the ruling unlawful. She said her actions contained no violation and that she intends to appeal the court's decision.
In November last year Patyaeva received a nine-day administrative arrest under the same article for a one-person picket in St. Petersburg. The current fine is linked to the repeat offense.
Suleimanova fled relatives in Chechnya for St. Petersburg in 2022, fearing a forced marriage and threats to kill her for honor. In August 2023 police came to her home: her mother had accused her of stealing jewelry worth 150,000 rubles. She was detained and taken to Chechnya against her will, where she was handed over to relatives. Shortly afterward, ombudsman Mansur Soltayev published a video with Suleimanova, after which she was not seen in public again.
In April 2024 the Investigative Committee opened a criminal case into murder, but no results of the investigation have been reported. Rights defenders from the SK SOS project suggest Suleimanova may have been killed by relatives. In 2025 she was declared wanted as a missing person.
Patyaeva regularly stages pickets demanding that her friend be found. On the third anniversary of the disappearance, she wrote that her task was "to be a thorn in the eye of those who want to forget Seda."