Tatiana Omelchenko
- Criminal Code
- Article 275, Russian Criminal Code
- Verdict
- Imprisonment (general regime)
- Sentence
- 12 years
- Date of verdict
- 2025-10-01
- Region
- Moscow
- City
- Moscow
- Facility
- ФКУ «ИК № 3 УФСИН России по Костромской области»
- Address for letters
- 156511, Костромская обл., Костромской район, пос. Прибрежный, ул. Мира, 1, ФКУ «ИК № 3 УФСИН России по Костромской области», Омельченко Татьяна Николаевна, 1975 г.р.
Recognition by human rights organisations
- Recognised as a political prisonerby Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, 6 November 2025
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Case summary
Accountant, lived in Crimea, moved to Kyiv in 2012. After the war started, according to her own words, she transferred money to the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU). On 25 September 2024, she was detained at Sheremetyevo airport, where she flew from Minsk to go to Crimea to attend the funeral of her brother. Omelchenko was taken into custody on charges of high treason. On 1 October 2025, she was sentenced to 12 years in a general regime colony.
Others charged under Article 275, Russian Criminal Code
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