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In the pre-trial detention center (verdict has not entered into force)

Olga Komleva

Birth date
January 2, 1979
Citizenship
Russia
Family
Officially registered marriage; Have children
Case
Olga Komleva's case of extremist community and "fakes" about the Russian Federation's Armed Forces
Article
Part 2, Article 282.1 of the Criminal Code; Paragraph(s) B,E Part 2, Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code
Verdict
12 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony with a ban on organising public events and participating in them, coupled with 5 years' ban on administration of websites with a 1 year's restriction of liberty

Komleva is an activist and RusNews journalist from Ufa. The Interior Ministry and other security agencies have regularly filed lawsuits against Komleva related to her participation in rallies in support of Navalny in 2021. The security agencies were hoping to recover funds from her for the spent fuel, off-the-clock work by employees, and on other grounds. In January 2023, the number of such lawsuits reached seven. Some of the lawsuits have already been granted by the courts. Thus, at the end of July 2023, Komleva was charged 23 thousand rubles in favour of the medical unit of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. After the satisfaction of this claim, the bailiffs also confiscated her car. On 27 March 2024, Komleva was summoned to her home to appear for questioning in a criminal case, but she was not served with a summons. Later the same day, law enforcers came to her again, this time with an order to bring her in for questioning in the case against Alexei Navalny's structures as a witness. Despite the absence of a summons earlier, the ruling stated that summonses had been sent to Komleva "repeatedly". At the moment of detention, the law enforcer offered the journalist to pack some essentials. When she clarified whether she was going to be arrested, he replied that neither he nor even the investigator could say so. Already in the building of the Investigative Committee Komleva was charged with the case of "extremist community". On 28 March, Komleva was taken into custody. As Olga Komleva herself repeatedly reported earlier, she has type 2 diabetes, in which detention is contraindicated. In July 2024 it became known that Komleva was also accused of spreading "fakes" about the Armed Forces. On 29 July 2025, the court sentenced her to 12 years in a general regime penal colony.