Natalya Baljakina
Natalya Baljakina, born 1961, Perm Krai. Charges: Article 163 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Extortion with the view to obtain property, with the use of violence, committed by a group of…); “Natalia Baliakina's case of extortion”. Previously convicted under Article 160 part 3, Russian Criminal Code. Status: deceased.
In brief
Perm Krai · NULL · Journalists
Sentence
3 years
imprisonment in a general regime penal colony
No information about an appeal ruling.
Charges
- Article 163 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Extortion with the view to obtain property, with the use of violence, committed by a group of persons or on a large scale
- Article 160 part 3, Russian Criminal Code
Full wording of the charges
According to the investigation, as the director of the LLC "City Management Company," she misused 751 thousand rubles.
Latest event
June 6, 2024 — preventive measure: ban on certain activities
Timeline
· Preventive measure: ban on certain activities
· Preventive measure: house arrest
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Perm Krai
· Persecution begins
Natalia Baliakina's case of extortion
· Preventive measure: placement in a temporary detention facility
· Imprisonment ends
· Persecution ends
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 3 years
Criminal case
Natalya Baljakina's case of embezzlement
Natalia Baliakina's case of extortion
Details and sources
Full summary
A resident of Perm Krai, a journalist. She worked as an editor for the private newspaper "Chaykovskie Vedomosti." In 2007, she was awarded the Andrei Sakharov Medal "Peace, Progress, and Human Rights" and a diploma "For Journalism as an Act." In 2015, she was sentenced to three years in prison after being found guilty of embezzling 751,000 rubles while serving as the director of the LLC "City Management Company." Baljakina denied her guilt and attributed the criminal prosecution to a conflict with local officials due to her work at "Chaykovskie Vedomosti." During most of her sentence, she spent time in the prison hospital. During her transfer to another prison, she suffered a stroke, after which she was returned to the hospital. In 2017, the activist was released on parole.
On 9th February 2024, Baljakina was detained, and on 13th February, she was placed in custody on charges of extortion. On 8th May, her measure of restraint was changed to house arrest, and on 6th June, to a ban on certain activities.
On 10th April 2025, Baljakina passed away.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
- Preventive measures
- ban on certain activities
- Persecution episodes
- 2
Other people prosecuted under Article 160 part 3, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.