Veronika Netunaeva
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
Upheld June 9, 2024
Charges
- Article 205 part 1 applied with Article 30 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Preparation for a terrorist attack
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
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, September 7, 2025
Timeline
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 6 years
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Persecution begins
Veronika Netunaeva's case of preparation for a terrorist attack
· 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
Write a letter
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.
Details and sources
Full summary
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.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 205 part 1 applied with Article 30 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.