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Elena (Alena) Goryacheva

At largeChecked October 18, 2026

Elena (Alena) Goryacheva, born 1989, Moscow. Charges: Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in the activities of an extremist organization); “Alena Goryacheva's case”. Sentence (October 30, 2012): the case was dismissed due to the expiry of the statute of limitations. Status: at large. Recognition: Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners — recognised as persecuted on political grounds, September 30, 2012; Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as persecuted on political grounds.

In brief

Moscow · Moscow · Extremism cases

Sentence

the case was dismissed due to the expiry of the statute of limitations

Verdict October 30, 2012

No information about an appeal ruling.

Charges

Full wording of the charges

participated in the activities of an extremist organisation

Latest event

October 30, 2012 — first-instance verdict

The court dismissed the case.

Checked October 18, 2026 · no changes since October 15

Recognition by rights defenders

Timeline

  1. · First-instance verdict

    case dismissed

  2. · Persecution ends

  3. · Recognised as persecuted on political grounds

    Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners

  4. · Persecution begins

    Alena Goryacheva's case

  5. · Preventive measure: travel ban (written undertaking)

Criminal case

Alena Goryacheva's case

There are no other defendants in this case in the database.

Thematic group: The case of the seizure of the Foreign Ministry reception desk

Details and sources

Full summary

According to OVD-Info

On 8th of September 2012, a month after she was released from the penal colony where she was serving a sentence in the case brought after the attack on the National Bolsheviks in November 2008, Alena Goryacheva, an activist of the banned NBP, was detained in Orenburg and taken to Moscow as part of the investigation into her participation in the activities of an extremist organisation in connection with the action of the banned NBP in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' reception room in 2008. She was released on personal recognizance. On 31st of October the case was terminated due to the expiration of the statute of limitations.

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Sources (2)

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