Personal Information
- Birth date
- 31 июл. 1987 г. (39 years old)
- Special circumstances
- Ukrainian citizen, dependent child/children, illness
- Notes
- Before the arrest, she was making homemade sweets, including for diabetics, according to her own recipes, and creating chocolate compositions. She also worked as an administrator and organizer of modern dance competitions. She has two children; after the arrest of their parents, custody of them was granted to Nadezhda's elderly father.
Berezhnaya Nadezhda Nikolaevna (Berezhna Nadiya Mikolayivna)
Case Information
- Region of case initiation:
- Kherson Oblast
- Detention date:
- 3 мая 2024 г.
- Charges:
- Art. 275 CC RF
- Sentence:
- 12 years 6 months general regime
- Court that passed the sentence:
- Kherson Regional Court
- Judge who passed the sentence:
- Gallyamov Ayrat Vazykhovich
- Case on the court website:
- oblsud.hrs.sudrf.ru
- Estimated release date:
- 30 окт. 2036 г.
- Case categories:
- War-related, Occupied territories, civilian hostage
Case Description
On May 22, 2024, in Nova Kakhovka, in the occupied Kherson region, Andriy Berezhny, a 32-year-old Ukrainian citizen who had been forced to take Russian citizenship, was detained. A few days later, on May 28, his wife, 36-year-old Nadezhda Berezhnaya, was detained. For 14 months, the couple’s whereabouts were unknown. Relatives reported them missing and believed them to be dead.
It was not until May 15, 2025, that the Berezhnys were officially “detained.” The woman was charged with espionage, and Andrei with treason. The details of the charges are unknown. At that time, the couple was transported under guard to a pretrial detention center in Rostov-on-Don.
On June 17, 2026, the Kherson Regional Court found Andrei Berezhnoy guilty and sentenced him to 11 years in a maximum-security prison. The verdict was not appealed and became final.
On October 21, 2026, the Kherson Regional Court found Nadezhda Berezhnaya guilty and sentenced her to 12.5 years in a general-regime penal colony and 1.5 years of restricted freedom.
Contact Information
Mailing Address
Бережная Надежда Николаевна (Бережна Надія Миколаївна), 31 июля 1987 г. ФКУ СИЗО-1 УФСИН России по Херсонской области, адрес: 275502, Херсонская область, Генический р-н, с. Чонгар, ул. Тараса Шевченко, д. 66 связь через: Зонателеком
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