Ilona Nagornova
Ilona Nagornova, born 1966, Moscow. Charges: Article 284.1 part 3, Russian Criminal Code (Organization of the activities of an undesirable organization); “The “Revival” Church case in Moscow”. Sentence (December 3, 2024): 3 years 6 months' imprisonment in a general regime colony with the ban of religious activities for 7 years with the… Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since January 1, 2027. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as persecuted on political grounds, November 9, 2025.
In brief
Moscow · Moscow
Sentence
3 years 6 months
imprisonment in a general regime colony with the ban of religious activities for 7 years with the suspended sentence until her daughter reaches 14 years
Upheld August 7, 2025
Charges
- Article 284.1 part 3, Russian Criminal Code — Organization of the activities of an undesirable organization
Full wording of the charges
Numerous facts of health damage of the participants of the sect were established in the course of interviews with adherents of the sect and their close relatives. Facts of their visits to medical institutions resulting in psychological disorder diagnoses as an outcome of attending meetings of the sect were recorded. Now, Russian branches are used to form a protesting electorate in the country.
Latest event
November 9, 2025 — recognised as persecuted on political grounds
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as persecuted on political grounds — Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, November 9, 2025
Timeline
· Recognised as persecuted on political grounds
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 3 years 6 months
· Preventive measure: house arrest
· Persecution begins
The “Revival” Church case in Moscow
Criminal case
The “Revival” Church case in Moscow
- Case number
- 01-0461/2024
Other defendants in the case
- Mikhail Koval — Imprisoned, 4 years
- Nadezhda Ukhova — Imprisoned, 3 years
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Full summary
Detained in Moscow in October 2023 as part of a case on the activities of an "undesirable" organisation due to her involvement with the Ukrainian Revival Church. On 3 December 2024, Nagornova was sentenced to three and a half years with a suspended sentence until the autumn of 2027, when her child reaches the age of 14.
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- Citizenship
- Russia
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