Olga Shkolina
- Criminal Code
- Article 239 part 3, Russian Criminal CodeArticle 282.1 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
- Case category
- Extremism casesCases against Navalny/ACF supportersCases related to mass actions
- Region
- Arkhangelsk Oblast
- City
- Arkhangelsk, Murmansk
Recognition by human rights organisations
- Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religionby Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, 12 October 2022
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Case summary
On 23 March 2022, Shkolina was searched. On 31 March it became known that she is a suspect in the case of participation in an extremist community, initiated against Aleksei Navalny and his supporters. She has given a written pledge not to leave the country. On 8 April it was reported that Shkolina was charged with participation in an extremist community and in a non-profit organisation that infringes on the personality and rights of citizens. In July it became known that Shkolina had left Russia. She was put on a wanted list. On 20 October, the court arrested her in absentia.
Others charged under Article 239 part 3, Russian Criminal Code
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Source: this person’s record in the OVD-Info political persecution database
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