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Journalist

Elena Polyakova

At largeChecked October 18, 2026

Elena Polyakova, born 1972, Moscow Oblast. Charges: Article 119 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Threatening to commit murder or grievous bodily injury); “The case of Elena Polyakova”. Sentence (October 17, 2013): sentences: one year six months suspended. Status: at large.

In brief

Moscow Oblast · Klin · Journalists

Sentence

1 year 6 months

sentences: one year six months suspended

Verdict October 17, 2013

No information about an appeal ruling.

Charges

Full wording of the charges

threatened to kill Alena Sokolskaya, Head of the Education Department of the Klinsk Municipal District, on the grounds of hatred or enmity against a social group belonging to the senior staff of the Klinsk Municipal District of the Moscow region

Latest event

January 1, 2015 — persecution ends

Checked October 18, 2026 · no changes since October 15

Timeline

  1. · Persecution ends

  2. · First-instance verdict

    guilty verdict · 1 year 6 months

  3. · Persecution begins

    The case of Elena Polyakova

Criminal case

The case of Elena Polyakova

There are no other defendants in this case in the database.

Details and sources

Full summary

According to OVD-Info

her flat was searched, system blocks were seized; authorisation was given to wiretap the phone; the editorial office of the newspaper "Sickle and Hammer" was searched, Polyakova's computer was seized; she was dismissed from her job; the investigator's motion to dismiss the case was not satisfied by the Moscow Region Prosecutor's Office; on 18 October 2013, she was sentenced to one and a half years' suspended sentence.

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