Anastasia Lysenkova
Anastasia Lysenkova, Moscow. Charges: Article 243.4 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Destruction or damage to war graves or memorials with aggravating circumstances); “The case of the spray painting on the monument to Zhukov”. Sentence (August 26, 2024): 1 year of community work. Status: at large. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, January 19, 2025.
In brief
Moscow · Moscow · Medical workers
Sentence
1 year of community work
No information about an appeal ruling.
Charges
- Article 243.4 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Destruction or damage to war graves or memorials with aggravating circumstances
Full wording of the charges
According to the investigation, she wrote "GUR" (Main Directorate of Intelligence of Ukraine) on the monument to military leader Georgy Zhukov with aerosol paint.
Latest event
June 5, 2025 — imprisonment ends
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, January 19, 2025
Timeline
· Imprisonment ends
· Persecution ends
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict
· Preventive measure: house arrest
· Persecution begins
The case of the spray painting on the monument to Zhukov
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Criminal case
The case of the spray painting on the monument to Zhukov
Other defendants in the case
- Vera Nikolaeva — At large
Details and sources
Full 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.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 243.4 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.