Yana Suvorova
Yana Suvorova, born 2004, Occupied territory of Zaporizka oblast. Charges: Article 205 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Terrorist attack (by a group or with serious consequences)); Article 205.4 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in a terrorist community); Article 276, Russian Criminal Code (Transferring, collecting, stealing, or storing information classified as state secret with the…); “Yana Suvorova's case”. Sentence (October 23, 2025): 14 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony. Status: imprisoned. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, April 5, 2026.
In brief
Occupied territory of Zaporizka oblast · NULL · Terrorism cases
Sentence
12 years 4 months
14 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony
No information about an appeal ruling.
Charges
- Article 205 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Terrorist attack (by a group or with serious consequences)
- Article 205.4 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Participation in a terrorist community
- Article 276, Russian Criminal Code — Transferring, collecting, stealing, or storing information classified as state secret with the intent to transfer to a foreign state, organization, or their representatives.
Full wording of the charges
According to the investigation, together with other administrators of the Telegram channel "Melitopol is Ukraine," she aimed Ukrainian missiles at the building of Melitopol college on the 50th Anniversary of Victory Avenue, where the offices of the Rosgvardiya and FSB in the Zaporizhzhya region were located.
Latest event
April 5, 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, April 5, 2026
Timeline
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 12 years 4 months
· Persecution begins
Yana Suvorova's case
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Rostov oblast
Criminal case
Yana Suvorova's case
- Case number
- 1-519/2025
Thematic group: The case of "Melitopol is Ukraine" Telegram channel
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Details and sources
Full summary
She is a resident of Melitopol, a correspondent of the Telegram channel "Melitopol is Ukraine". On 20 August 2023, she was detained and then taken into custody on charges of espionage, participation in a terrorist community and committing a terrorist act. In June 2025, the case went to court. On 23 October 2025, Suvorova was sentenced to 14 years in a general regime colony.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Ukraine
Other people prosecuted under Article 205 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.