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Yana Antonova

At largeChecked October 18, 2026

Yana Antonova, born 1979, Krasnodar Krai. Charges: Article 284.1, Russian Criminal Code (Implementation, organization, or financing of activities of an undesirable organization); “The case of Yana Antonova on the activities of an "undesirable organisation"”. Sentence (October 1, 2020): 240 hours of compulsory labour. Status: at large. Recognition: Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as persecuted on political grounds, September 5, 2020; Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners — recognised as persecuted on political grounds, September 5, 2020.

In brief

Krasnodar Krai · Krasnodar · Medical workers · Cases related to mass actions

Sentence

240 hours of compulsory labour

Verdict October 1, 2020

No information about an appeal ruling.

Charges

Full wording of the charges

According to the investigation, "realising the criminal intent" and "realising the criminal nature and public danger of their actions in the form of encroachment on the foundations of the constitutional order and security of the state", in February 2019 she made a post on Facebook, in which she "called" to come to the action in memory of Boris Nemtsov; "held a solitary picket in memory of opposition politician Boris Nemtsov and highlighted this action on the Internet" under the auspices of the Open Russia OSD; made a repost from the group "Team Open Russia" with a post in memory of TV presenter Vladislav Listyev with his quote about the totalitarian state; from 2017 to 2019 she was repeatedly fined under Article 20.33 of the Code of Administrative Offences for picketing with the movement's flags; picketing to demand the completion of the construction of a swimming pool not completed by the local authorities; seminar for activists with Yevgenia Chirikova; reposting a video with Open Russia symbols on her Facebook page about the lack of schools in Krasnodar; "from March 2017 to the present time she is the regional coordinator of the Open Russia OSD".

Latest event

January 1, 2021 — persecution ends

Checked October 18, 2026 · no changes since October 15

Recognition by rights defenders

Timeline

  1. · Persecution ends

  2. · First-instance verdict

    guilty verdict

  3. · Recognised as persecuted on political grounds

    Memorial Human Rights Centre

  4. · Persecution begins

    The case of Yana Antonova on the activities of an "undesirable organisation"

Criminal case

The case of Yana Antonova on the activities of an "undesirable organisation"

There are no other defendants in this case in the database.

Details and sources

Full summary

According to OVD-Info

On 9 April 2019, searches took place at Antonova's home and at the office of the "Environmental Watch for the North Caucasus". Antonova was interrogated and released as a suspect in the case of the activities of an "undesirable organisation".

On 2 October 2020, she was sentenced to 240 hours of compulsory labour.

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Sources (2)

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