Anastasia Lysenkova
- Criminal Code
- Article 243.4 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
- Verdict
- Compulsory labour
- Date of verdict
- 2024-08-26
- Region
- Moscow
- City
- Moscow
Recognition by human rights organisations
- Recognised as a political prisonerby Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, 19 January 2025
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Case summary
A resident of Krasnoznamensk (Moscow Oblast). On 4 June 2024, she and Vera Nikolaeva were detained in Moscow after they had painted "GUR" (Main Directorate of Intelligence of Ukraine) on a monument to the commander Georgy Zhukov on Manezhnaya Square in Moscow. Lysenkova and Nikolaeva explained that they urgently needed money to pay back their loans and agreed to the persuasions of the phone scammers. Lysenkova was taken into custody.
On 26 June 2024, the preventive measure was changed to a house arrest. On 26 August, Lysenkova was sentenced to one year of community work.
On 5 June 2025, the Moscow Regional Court released Lysenkova on parole.
Others charged under Article 243.4 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
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