Olga Belova

In March the activist was fined 25,000 rubles and in May 30,000 rubles under the administrative article on discrediting the army (part 1 of article 20.3.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences) because of anti-war reposts and comments on VKontakte. In April, the woman was fired because of her anti-war views from the Omsk Clinical Cardiology Dispensary, where she worked as a psychologist. Belova posted on her VKontakte page a video of a conversation with Olga Korennova, the head doctor, and the head of the human resources department. In the video they say that the Ministry of Health has received an order to dismiss the activist, so she has to choose between work and politics. The publication of the video became a formal reason for the termination of the contract: the management of the dispensary considered that Belova had disclosed personal data by showing what Korennova looked like. Later, the court refused to reinstate her to her job. On the night of 2 November, Belova was taken to Center for Combating Extremism, where she was taken to give explanations about another anti-war publication, then released without a report. In December 2023, it became known that Belova was put on a wanted list, and for the second time - previously she had been put on a wanted list in connection with some operational search activities, i.e. even before a criminal case was opened. On 4 May 2024, Belova was sentenced in absentia to six years in prison.