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Anastasia Kravchuk

At largeChecked October 18, 2026

Anastasia Kravchuk, born 1981, Karelia. Charges: Article 159 part 4, Russian Criminal Code (Fraud (committed by a group, on an especially large scale or with deprivation of the right to…); “The Petropita case”. Sentence (August 24, 2017): Three years six years' suspended imprisonment, a fine of 500,000 roubles. Status: at large. Recognition: Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as persecuted on political grounds, August 19, 2015; Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners — recognised as persecuted on political grounds, August 10, 2015.

In brief

Karelia · Petrozavodsk · Regional parliament deputies

Sentence

3 years 6 months

Three years six years' suspended imprisonment, a fine of 500,000 roubles

Verdict August 24, 2017

No information about an appeal ruling.

Charges

Full wording of the charges

colluding with Alexandra Kornilova, director of the Lentorg trading house, through deceit and abuse of trust of officials of the Petrozavodsk City Hall, acquired the right to a non-residential building that housed the municipal institution Petropit; in January 2013, having been the only bidder for the purchase of the Petropit building, she obtained the building at the starting price.

Latest event

January 1, 2021 — persecution ends

Checked October 18, 2026 · no changes since October 15

Recognition by rights defenders

Timeline

  1. · Persecution ends

  2. · First-instance verdict

    guilty verdict · 3 years 6 months

  3. · Recognised as persecuted on political grounds

    Memorial Human Rights Centre

  4. · Recognised as persecuted on political grounds

    Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners

  5. · Persecution begins

    The Petropita case

  6. · Preventive measure changed

Criminal case

The Petropita case

Other defendants in the case

Thematic group: The Petropita case

Details and sources

Full summary

According to OVD-Info

On 4 April 2015, a week after the arrest of Zaletskaya and Kornilova, the guardianship officers went to the place of residence of Anastasia Kravchuk and Vasily Popov to check the conditions of their children's detention; on 7 April, the court imposed a preventive measure on Kravchuk in the form of bail in the amount of three million roubles

On 25 August 2017, she was sentenced to three and a half years' suspended sentence and a fine of 500,000 roubles.

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Sources (2)

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