Mamedova Mariya Aleksandrovna

Denis and Maria Mamedov left Russia in October 2022 due to their anti-war views. After that, they began publicly telling about the Russian military invasion of Ukraine. The Mammadovs wrote appeals to the authorities: they demanded an end to the war and to hold the guilty accountable. Government agencies responded to the spouses that they themselves could be held liable under articles on "discrediting" the army, extremism, and the rehabilitation of Nazism. The Presidential Administration promised to forward the text of the letter to the FSB and the Investigative Committee so that they would conduct an investigation. On October 17, the court granted the prosecution's motion to choose a measure of restraint in the form of detention from the moment of extradition or detention. On April 12, 2024, Judge Yevgenia Kozlova of the Basmanny District Court of Moscow found Denis Mamedov guilty and sentenced him in absentia to eight years and six months in a general regime colony. The court also deprived Mamedov of the right to administer websites for a period of 4 years. The term of punishment is calculated from the moment of Mamedov's extradition to the territory of the Russian Federation, or from the moment of his detention on the territory of the Russian Federation. 5 July 2024, Yevgenia Kozlova, a judge of the Basmanny District Court of Moscow, found Maria Mamedova guilty and sentenced her in absentia to eight years in a general regime colony and a four-year ban on internet publications. On March 11, 2024, a criminal case was opened in Moscow against former state employees, employees of the center at the Ministry of Justice, spouses Denis and Maria Mamedov, for aiding terrorism. It is unknown what became the reason for the criminal prosecution. On April 12, 2024, Judge Natalia Dudar of the Basmanny District Court of Moscow chose arrest as a preventive measure for the spouses from the moment of their extradition or from the moment of their detention on the territory of Russia. 26 June 2024, the 2nd Western Military District Court found Maria Mamedova guilty and sentenced her in absentia to 14 years in a general regime colony and a fine of 600 thousand. rubles. On July 4, 2024, the 2nd Western Military District Court found Denis Mamedov guilty and sentenced him to 16 years in prison and a fine of 400 thousand. rubles. The first three years Mamedov must spend in prison, the rest - in a strict regime colony. September 16 and 18, 2024, the Appellate Military Court upheld the sentence of Maria and Denis Mamedov. Earlier, on October 2, 2023, the Mammadovs were put on the international wanted list in a case of "fakes" about the Russian army. The Mammadovs left for the United States in 2022. After emigration, they began to send complaints to Russian state bodies demanding an end to the war and actively write about their position on social networks. Their pages on VKontakte and Odnoklassniki were blocked.