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Lyudmila Gonchar

ImprisonedChecked against the source: September 5, 2026, 6:09 AM
Criminal Code
Article 282.3 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
Case category
Extremism casesCases against Navalny/ACF supporters
Verdict
Imprisonment (general regime)
Sentence
3 years
Date of verdict
2025-07-15
Region
Moscow
City
Moscow
Facility
ФКУ «ИК № 1 УФСИН по Владимирской области»
Address for letters
601395, Владимирская область, Судогодский р- н, посёлок Головино, ул. Советская д. 50-А, ФКУ «ИК № 1 УФСИН по Владимирской области», Гончар Людмила Владимировна, 1979 г.р.

Case summary

Citizen of Ukraine. She was prosecuted for financing extremist activities because of the transfer of one thousand rubles to the Anti-Corruption Foundation on 5 August 2021.

On 5 September 2024, Gonchar was put on a wanted list, and in October, the court ordered her arrest in absentia. On 9 December 2024, she was detained at Sheremetyevo Airport in Moscow, after which she was placed in a pre-trial detention centre.

On 22 May 2025, the Timiryazevsky District Court of Moscow began to consider her case on the merits. Gonchar pleaded guilty in court. On 15 July, the court sentenced her to three years in a penal colony.

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