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Lyudmila Gonchar

Lyudmila Gonchar

Moscow

46 yr old (born in 11.06.1979)

Address: 109383, г. Москва, ул. Шоссейная, д.92, ФКУ СИЗО-6 УФСИН России по г. Москве ("Печатники"), Гончар Людмила Владимировна, 1979 г.р.

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Citizen of Ukraine. She was prosecuted for financing extremist activities because of the transfer of one thousand rubles to the Anti-Corruption Foundation on 5 August 2021.

On 5 September 2024, Gonchar was put on a wanted list, and in October, the court ordered her arrest in absentia. On 9 December 2024, she was detained at Sheremetyevo Airport in Moscow, after which she was placed in a pre-trial detention centre.

On 22 May 2025, the Timiryazevsky District Court of Moscow began to consider her case on the merits. Gonchar pleaded guilty in court. On 15 July, the court sentenced her to three years in a penal colony.

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Address: 109383, г. Москва, ул. Шоссейная, д.92, ФКУ СИЗО-6 УФСИН России по г. Москве ("Печатники"), Гончар Людмила Владимировна, 1979 г.р.

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