Nikolaeva Elena
Charges: Article 205.1 part 1.1, Russian Criminal Code (Assisting or financing terrorist activities). Sentenced on September 10, 2025. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since February 24, 2026; place of detention: Pre-trial detention centre No. 3, Rostov Oblast. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, May 22, 2026.
In brief
Sentence
9 years
Imprisonment (general regime)
Upheld February 24, 2026
Charges
- Article 205.1 part 1.1, Russian Criminal Code — Assisting or financing terrorist activities
Latest event
May 22, 2026 — recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, May 22, 2026
Timeline
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 9 years
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Persecution begins
Criminal case
- Case number
- 1-550/2025
Write a letter
Facility: Pre-trial detention centre No. 3, Rostov Oblast
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
346408, Ростовская область, г. Новочеркасск, ул. Украинская, д. 1, ФКУ СИЗО-3 ГУФСИН России по Ростовской области, Николаева Елена Анатольевна, 1983 г.р.
Details and sources
Full summary
Жительница Донецкой области Украины. Не позже марта 2025 года ее задержали по обвинению в финансировании терроризма. По версии следствия, перевела деньги батальону "Азов" на закупку дронов. 10 сентября 2025 года Николаеву приговорили к девяти годам колонии общего режима.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Ukraine
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