Lyudmila Gonchar
Lyudmila Gonchar, born 1979, Moscow. Charges: Article 282.3 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Financing of extremist activities); “Lyudmila Gonchar's case of financing ACF”. Sentence (July 15, 2025): 3 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since October 27, 2025; place of detention: Penal colony No. 1, Vladimir Oblast. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, May 13, 2025.
In brief
Moscow · Moscow · Extremism cases, Cases against Navalny/ACF supporters
Sentence
3 years
imprisonment in a general regime colony
Upheld October 27, 2025
Charges
- Article 282.3 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Financing of extremist activities
Full wording of the charges
According to the investigation, on August 5 2021, she transferred one thousand rubles to Anti-Corruption Foundation.
Latest event
October 27, 2025 — appeal
The court upheld the verdict.
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, May 13, 2025
Timeline
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 3 years
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Persecution begins
Lyudmila Gonchar's case of financing ACF
Criminal case
Lyudmila Gonchar's case of financing ACF
Thematic group: Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) financing cases
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Facility: Penal colony No. 1, Vladimir Oblast
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
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.
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Full 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.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Ukraine
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