Svetlana Marina
- Criminal Code
- Article 280.3 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
- Case category
- Anti-war casesCases related to mass actions
- Verdict
- Ban on activity, Compulsory labour
- Date of verdict
- 2024-03-01
- Region
- Kirov Oblast
- City
- Kirov
Recognition by human rights organisations
- Recognised as a political prisonerby Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, 17 May 2024
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Case summary
A resident of Kirov, activist. On 8 November 2023, a search was conducted at her home in connection with a case of repeated discrediting of the use of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. On 1 March 2024, Marina was sentenced to one and a half years of compulsory labour.
In July 2024, it emerged that Marina was being subjected to pressure in the correctional facility: she had not been allowed home even once in two months, had received two formal reprimands, was denied the opportunity to leave the facility daily (as she had been assigned as a cleaner), and was required to report on her phone calls and show the letters she wrote. In November, it was reported that Marina had been caught preparing yeast pastries, which is prohibited in the facility.
On 22 November 2024, following a request from the facility, her remaining sentence was replaced with imprisonment in a settlement colony.
On 7 November 2025, Marina was released.
Others charged under Article 280.3 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
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