Elena Guseva
Elena Guseva, born 1970, Perm Krai. Charges: Article 282.3 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Financing of extremist activities); “Elena Guseva's case of financing extremist activites”. Sentenced on January 29, 2026. Status: at large. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, September 26, 2025.
In brief
Perm Krai · Perm · Athletes · Extremism cases, Cases against Navalny/ACF supporters
Sentence
Fine
Upheld March 31, 2026
Charges
- Article 282.3 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Financing of extremist activities
Latest event
May 1, 2026 — persecution ends
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, September 26, 2025
Timeline
· Persecution ends
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict
· Preventive measure: travel ban (written undertaking)
· Preventive measure: house arrest
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Perm Krai
· Persecution begins
Elena Guseva's case of financing extremist activites
· Preventive measure: placement in a temporary detention facility
Criminal case
Elena Guseva's case of financing extremist activites
- Case number
- 1-83/2026
Thematic group: Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) financing cases
Details and sources
Full summary
A resident of Berezniki (Perm Krai). Prior to the ban on Navalny’s headquarters, she was an activist of the local headquarters; in 2021 she ran for election as a municipal deputy but lost to a candidate from ‘United Russia’. She practises winter swimming; in 2013 she swam across the Bering Strait and was entered into the Guinness World Records.
On 27 August 2025, she was detained in a case concerning the financing of extremist activity due to donations to FBK. The following day, Guseva was remanded in custody. On 14 October 2025, she was transferred to house arrest.
On 29 January 2025, the court sentenced her to a fine of 300,000 roubles.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 282.3 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.