October 20, 2026, 9:52 AMRSSRU

Olga Korneva

ImprisonedChecked October 18, 2026

Olga Korneva, born 1971, Saint Petersburg. Charges: Article 282.1 part 1.1, Russian Criminal Code (Involvement of a person in extremist community activities); “The case of Anti Pytki project”. Status: imprisoned. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, April 30, 2025.

In brief

Saint Petersburg, Sverdlovsk Oblast · Yekaterinburg, Irkutsk, Saint Petersburg · Extremism cases

Sentence

No information about a verdict.

Preventive measure: pre-trial detention

Charges

Latest event

April 30, 2025 — recognised as a political prisoner

Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners

Checked October 18, 2026 · no changes since October 15

Recognition by rights defenders

Timeline

  1. · Recognised as a political prisoner

    Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners

  2. · Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”

  3. · Persecution begins

    The case of Anti Pytki project

Criminal case

The case of Anti Pytki project

Other defendants in the case

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Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)

624140, Свердловская область, г. Кировград, ул. Дзержинского, 26, ФКУ СИЗО-6 ГУФСИН России по Свердловской области, Корнева Ольга Альфредовна, 1971 г.р.

Address checked October 18, 2026

Details and sources

Full summary

According to OVD-Info

A resident of St. Petersburg. In June 2024, at the latest, the Federal Security Service Directorate of the Sverdlovsk region conducted investigative activities in connection with Korneva's alleged involvement in the activities of the ANTI PYTKI project, which tells about violations of prisoners' rights and publishes data of convicts who cooperate with prison guards. On 30 October 2024, she was detained as part of a criminal case on an extremist community initiated in connection with the project's activities. Korneva was taken into custody.

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