Elena Akulinicheva
Elena Akulinicheva, born 1971, Rostov Oblast. Charges: Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in the activities of an extremist organization); “The case of "Citizens of the USSR" in the Rostov region”. Sentence (August 16, 2024): 4 years` imprisonement in a general regime penal colony with a subsequent 1 year`s period of supervised release and a 4… Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since August 16, 2024; place of detention: Penal colony No. 2, Mordovia.
In brief
Rostov Oblast · NULL · Medical workers · Extremism cases
Sentence
4 years
` imprisonement in a general regime penal colony with a subsequent 1 year`s period of supervised release and a 4 years` ban on engaging in activities related to the organisation of public associations.
Upheld March 18, 2025
Charges
- Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Participation in the activities of an extremist organization
Full wording of the charges
According to the investigation, she did not recognise the Russian Federation, opposed Russia's public authorities, and continued to promote the ideology of the Union of Slavic Forces of Russia among the residents of Rostov Oblast, even after the activities of the organisation had been banned.
Latest event
March 18, 2025 — appeal
The court upheld the verdict.
Timeline
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 4 years
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
Criminal case
The case of "Citizens of the USSR" in the Rostov region
Other defendants in the case
- Alexander Akulinichev — Imprisoned, 5 years
- Maria Kamenskaia — Imprisoned, 5 years
- Oleg Kolesov — Imprisoned, 7 years 6 months
- Galina Moreva — Imprisoned, 4 years
- Lidiya Tokhmakhova — Imprisoned, 4 years
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Facility: Penal colony No. 2, Mordovia
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
431160, Республика Мордовия, Зубово-Полянский район, п. Явас, ул. Чернореченская, д. 1, ИК-2, ФКУ «ИК № 2 УФСИН России по Республике Мордовия», Акулиничева Елена Николаевна, 1971 г.р.
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Full summary
A resident of the Rostov region. She was prosecuted for participation in the activities of an extremist organisation due to her involvement in a movement of "citizens of the USSR", which did not have a strict structure but represented disparate groups of people denying the collapse of the USSR. On 16 August, 2024, Akulinicheva was sentenced to four years in a penal colony, followed by a one-year restriction of freedom and a four-year ban on engaging in activities related to the organisation of public associations.
Other people prosecuted under Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.