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Russian Opposition Politician Sentenced to Four Years for Donation to Navalny Group
Elena Perepelitsa was sentenced to four years in a penal colony for donating money to a group founded by the late opposition leader Alexei Navalny.
Russia has designated the group as extremist and banned it.
Perepelitsa said she did not knowingly support extremist activity.
Her sentence is part of a wider pressure campaign against opposition figures in Russia.
Elena Perepelitsa, a member of Russia’s Yabloko party, was sentenced to four years in a penal colony.
She was convicted of donating money to Alexei Navalny’s Anti-Corruption Foundation, which is outlawed in Russia as an extremist organization.
Perepelitsa denied knowingly financing extremist activity, according to a statement shared by Yabloko.
She was the third Yabloko member jailed in less than four months.
- Who
- Elena Perepelitsa, a member of Russia’s liberal Yabloko party.
- What
- She was sentenced to four years in a penal colony for donating to Navalny’s Anti-Corruption Foundation.
- When
- Thursday; the article was published on October 8, 2026.
- Where
- Russia. The court’s location is not stated.
- Why
- She was found guilty of donating money to an organization outlawed in Russia as extremist.
Russian authorities
Elena Perepelitsa
Donation
Russian authorities
Authorities found Perepelitsa guilty of donating to an extremist organization.
Elena Perepelitsa
Perepelitsa denied knowingly financing extremist activity.
Yabloko deputy leader Maxim Kruglov was convicted of spreading lies about the Russian army and jailed for seven years.
Yabloko deputy chairman Lev Shlosberg was sentenced to just over 11 years in a penal colony.
Russia held a parliamentary election, which Yabloko was largely barred from contesting.
Perepelitsa was sentenced to four years in a penal colony.
- Sentence
- Four years in a penal colony
- Party
- Yabloko
- Organization
- Alexei Navalny’s Anti-Corruption Foundation
- Jailed Yabloko members
- Perepelitsa was the third in less than four months
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