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Veronika Netunaeva

ImprisonedChecked October 18, 2026

Veronika Netunaeva, born 1987, Yaroslavl Oblast. Charges: Article 205 part 1 applied with Article 30 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Preparation for a terrorist attack); “Veronika Netunaeva's case of preparation for a terrorist attack”. Sentence (February 13, 2024): 6 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since July 1, 2023; place of detention: Penal colony No. 8, Kostroma Oblast. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, September 7, 2025.

In brief

Yaroslavl Oblast · Uglich · Former officials · Terrorism cases

Sentence

6 years

imprisonment in a general regime penal colony

Verdict February 13, 2024

Upheld June 9, 2024

Charges

Full wording of the charges

According to the investigation, "together with other unidentified individuals from the city of Uglich" Veronica transferred data on "the location of strategically important facilities of the city's infrastructure," particularly, the Uglich nuclear power plan, to representatives of the AFU and SSU, using Telegram, WhatsApp and Instagram.

Latest event

September 7, 2025 — recognised as a political prisoner

Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners

Checked October 18, 2026 · no changes since October 15

Recognition by rights defenders

Timeline

  1. · Recognised as a political prisoner

    Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners

  2. · Appeal ruling

    upheld

  3. · First-instance verdict

    guilty verdict · 6 years

  4. · Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”

  5. · Persecution begins

    Veronika Netunaeva's case of preparation for a terrorist attack

  6. · Preventive measure: pre-trial detention

    Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Yaroslavl Oblast

Criminal case

Veronika Netunaeva's case of preparation for a terrorist attack

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Facility: Penal colony No. 8, Kostroma Oblast

Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)

156026, Костромская область, г. Кострома, пос. Васильевское, ФКУ «ИК № 8 УФСИН России по Костромской области», Нетунаева Вероника Николаевна, 1987 г.р.

Address checked October 18, 2026

Details and sources

Full summary

According to OVD-Info

A lawyer at the Uglich city administration. She was detained on July 14, 2023, and a criminal case was opened on the same day, accusing her of collecting data about the Uglich hydroelectric power plant on the instructions of an "Ukrainian curator" with the aim of committing a terrorist act. It is very likely that this "curator" was an employee of the special services, because all her trips to the power plant, which she made at the request of her interlocutor, who introduced himself as a Ukrainian serviceman, were recorded by the FSB. Netunayeva said in court that she suspected provocation but wanted to get to the bottom of it. In addition, according to her, the photos and coordinates of the plant that she sent to her interlocutor were useless and were no different from those publicly available. The project "Support for Political Prisoners. Memorial" notes that, according to the case materials, the account of Netunaeva's interlocutor was linked to the same phone number as the account of the interlocutor of another resident of the Yaroslavl region, Valeriia Zotova, who was accused of committing a terrorist act after her attempt to set fire to a humanitarian aid collection point for Donbass after conversations with a man who introduced himself as an Ukrainian serviceman. The investigation did not try to find out who the phone belonged to. On February 15, 2024, Netunaeva was sentenced to six years in a general regime colony.

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