Olga Mikhailova
- Criminal Code
- Article 282.1 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
- Case category
- Extremism casesCases against Navalny/ACF supporters
- Region
- Vladimir Oblast
Case summary
A lawyer representing the interests of Alexei Navalny. In January 2024, it became known that a case was opened against her for participation in the activities of an extremist community. Earlier, in October 2023, three other Navalny's lawyers were taken into custody as part of the same case. Mikhailova, who was abroad at the time, did not return to Russia. She was put on a wanted list and arrested in absentia on 15 February 2024. Mikhailova later told Meduza that the reason for her arrest in absentia was their overheard conversation with Navalny about the alleged poisoning. "Look, I'm afraid to sound paranoid, but I think I'm being poisoned here," the politician said during a meeting with his lawyer on 11 April 2023. Mikhailova tweeted about it. The recording of this conversation, according to Mikhailova, was used as evidence that she was involved in an "extremist community."
Others charged under Article 282.1 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
What we write about political persecution
Recent material from this section. This is section navigation — the articles below are not about this person.
- 2026-09-04Georgia court clears extradition of Fugal ally to Russia
- 2026-09-04Russia labels Novaya Gazeta a 'foreign agent,' adds over 100 affiliated names
- 2026-09-04Russian court sentences hostage-takers from Rostov detention center to up to 29 years
- 2026-09-04Two Yabloko Duma candidates detained in Moscow two days before vote
- 2026-09-03British man says Russian police beat him, jumped on his head at station in Yessentuki
Source: this person’s record in the OVD-Info political persecution database
Published under CC BY 3.0. The criteria for treating a person as politically persecuted belong to OVD-Info; FACTUM relays their assessment and makes none of its own.
OVD-Info has been designated an «extremist» organisation in Russia — by decision of the Russian authorities, like other independent human rights and media projects.