Victoria Novikova
Victoria Novikova, born 1987, Chelyabinsk Oblast. Charges: Article 267 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Intentional damage to transportation infrastructure that resulted in a threat to the safety of…); “31 January Chelyabinsk road blockage case”. Status: at large.
In brief
Chelyabinsk Oblast · Chelyabinsk · Teachers · Cases related to mass actions
Sentence
No information about a verdict.
Charges
- Article 267 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Intentional damage to transportation infrastructure that resulted in a threat to the safety of citizens or property
Full wording of the charges
According to the investigators, she was involved in road blocking at the rally on January 31, 2021.
Latest event
December 6, 2021 — persecution ends
Timeline
· Persecution ends
· Persecution begins
31 January Chelyabinsk road blockage case
Criminal case
31 January Chelyabinsk road blockage case
- Case number
- 1-257/2021
Other defendants in the case
- Anastasia Galkina — At large
- Anna Kiseleva — Not in Russia
- Alexander Kopiev — Not in Russia
- Maria Makarova — Not in Russia
- Sergey Motovilov — At large
- Sergey Orishevsky — At large
- Pavel Strunin — At large
- Evgeny Talyshev — At large
Thematic group: Palace case
Details and sources
Full summary
She works at the Chelyabinsk Institute for the Humanities. She is a civic activist since 2017. Victoria is a single mother, raising a minor daughter.
On February 5, 2021, Novikova was detained and interrogated as a suspect in the case of blocking roads during a rally in support of Alexei Navalny on January 31. An obligation to appear was taken.
During the search, a report was issued about inappropriate conditions in which the minor lived. Then a youth officer visited her, but so far, there have been no consequences.
On December 6, the case was dismissed at the investigation stage.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 267 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.