Lyudmila Gonchar
- 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.
Others charged under Article 282.3 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
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