Ekaterina Egorova
- Criminal Code
- Article 275, Russian Criminal Code
- Verdict
- Imprisonment (general regime), Fine
- Sentence
- 12 years
- Date of verdict
- 2025-04-29
- Region
- Novosibirsk Oblast
- City
- Novosibirsk
- Facility
- ФКУ ИК № 11 ГУФСИН России по Иркутской области
- Address for letters
- 669511, п. Бозой, Иркутская область, Эхирит-Булагатский р-н, ФКУ ИК № 11 ГУФСИН России по Иркутской области, Егорова Екатерина Андреевна, 1996 г.р.
Recognition by human rights organisations
- Recognised as a political prisonerby Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, 28 October 2025
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Case summary
She lived in the Trans-Baikal Territory, and in 2020, she moved to Ukraine with her husband. In the spring of 2024, she was detained at Tolmachevo Airport in Novosibirsk, where she had arrived to visit her mother after surgery. According to her husband, suspicious money transfers were found on her phone, but she was released and returned to Chita. However, two months later, she was detained in a criminal case of high treason and transferred to Novosibirsk, where she was placed in custody. On April 29, 2025, Egorova was sentenced to 12 years in a general-regime colony.
Others charged under Article 275, Russian Criminal Code
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