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Vera Sidorkina
1976-08-26
Imprisoned
Yoshkar-Ola
Biography
A resident of Yoshkar-Ola. She spoke out against the war and was twice fined under the administrative article on discrediting the Russian Armed Forces (Article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences). In August 2023, she and her daughter were not allowed out of Russia when they were going to go abroad. In April 2024, Sidorkina was detained and placed in custody on charges of attempted involvement in the activities of a terrorist organisation and high treason: according to the investigation, she intended to join the Freedom of Russia Legion and passed on the information "about the functional purpose of
A resident of Yoshkar-Ola. She spoke out against the war and was twice fined under the administrative article on discrediting the Russian Armed Forces (Article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences). In August 2023, she and her daughter were not allowed out of Russia when they were going to go abroad. In April 2024, Sidorkina was detained and placed in custody on charges of attempted involvement in the activities of a terrorist organisation and high treason: according to the investigation, she intended to join the Freedom of Russia Legion and passed on the information "about the functional purpose of the objects so that they were defeated with military means of Ukrainian armed forces" to a representative of the Main Intelligence Directorate of Ukrainian Ministry of Defence. On June 20, 2025, Sidorkina was sentenced to an 18-year term in a general regime penal colony.