Nikolaeva Elena Anatolevna
Case Information
- Region of case initiation:
- Donetsk Oblast
- Charges:
- Art. 205.1 CC RF Part 1.1
- Sentence:
- 9 years general regime
- Estimated release date:
- 14 мар. 2034 г.
- Case categories:
- War-related, Occupied territories, civilian hostage, Terrorism financing, Azov
- Rosfinmonitoring status:
- Added 31 мар. 2025 г.
Case Description
In Makiyivka, the occupied part of the Donetsk region, no later than March 2025, a 42-year-old local resident, a citizen of Ukraine with forced Russian citizenship, Elena Nikolayeva, was detained. She was accused of financing terrorism. According to the version of Russian law enforcement, on October 3, 2024, a woman asked her acquaintance to transfer money to an account intended for collecting funds to purchase UAVs for the banned in Russia organization "Azov. The defendant in the case was placed in a pre-trial detention center for the duration of the investigation. On September 10, 2025, the Southern District Military Court found Elena Nikolaeva guilty and sentenced her to 9 years in a general regime correctional colony.
Contact Information
Mailing Address
Николаева Елена Анатольевна, 4 марта 1983 г. ФКУ СИЗО-1 ГУФСИН России по Ростовской области, адрес: 344022, Россия, г. Ростов-на-Дону, ул. Максима Горького, д. 219 (предположительно) связь через: Зонателеком
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