Yulia Navalnaya
Yulia Navalnaya, born 1976, Moscow. Charges: Article 282.1 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in an extremist community). Status: not in Russia. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as persecuted on political grounds, August 16, 2024.
In brief
Moscow · Moscow · Politicians, Human rights defenders · Extremism cases, Cases against Navalny/ACF supporters
Sentence
No information about a verdict.
Preventive measure: arrest in absentia since July 9, 2024
Charges
- Article 282.1 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Participation in an extremist community
Latest event
August 16, 2024 — 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, August 16, 2024
Timeline
· Recognised as persecuted on political grounds
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Preventive measure: arrest in absentia
· Persecution begins
Details and sources
Full summary
Alexei Navalny's wife. After his death, she announced that she would continue his work. In July 2024, she became the head of the Human Rights Foundation organisation. In the same month, it became known that she was arrested in absentia on charges of participation in the activities of an extremist community. In August 2025, State Duma deputy Vasilii Piskarev announced that a case had been opened against the organisers of the opposition march in Berlin on 1 March 2025 (including Navalnaya) for participation in the activities of extremist and terrorist organisations, organising the activities of an extremist community, and calls for extremism.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 282.1 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.