Natalia Taranushenko
Teachers
1959-03-13
Not in Russia
Biography
A teacher of Russian language and literature at secondary educational school No. 1 in Protvino (Moscow Region). In June 2024, it became known that a case was opened against her for spreading deliberately false information about the Russian Armed Forces: according to the investigation, she showed her pupils a video with footage of the invasion of Ukraine. Later it was reported that she left Russia. On 13 July 2024, Taranushenko was detained in Armenia at the airport before departure. She was released under an obligation to appear. On 23 June 2025, Taranushenko was sentenced in absentia to seven years in
A teacher of Russian language and literature at secondary educational school No. 1 in Protvino (Moscow Region). In June 2024, it became known that a case was opened against her for spreading deliberately false information about the Russian Armed Forces: according to the investigation, she showed her pupils a video with footage of the invasion of Ukraine. Later it was reported that she left Russia. On 13 July 2024, Taranushenko was detained in Armenia at the airport before departure. She was released under an obligation to appear. On 23 June 2025, Taranushenko was sentenced in absentia to seven years in a general regime colony with a three-year ban on teaching.