Filonova Natalya Ivanovna

In Ulan-Ude, on Teatralnaya Square on September 24, 2022, 11 people were detained – participants and viewers of a live broadcast on the YouTube channel 'Nadezhda Nizovkina.' 1. People were on the square without any slogans, posters, or sound amplification equipment, and they were discussing the mobilization that had been announced that day. Among those detained was 61-year-old journalist, human rights activist, editor of the independent Petrovsk-Zabaykalsk newspaper 'Against All' Natalya Filonova." Initially, Filonova was given a protocol for an administrative offense under the article on repeated violation of the law on rallies. Two days later, on September 26, she was supposed to be delivered to the Soviet District Court of Ulan-Ude, but due to the 'emergency evacuation' of the court, she was repeatedly transported to different courts and police departments. Evening of the same day, the court terminated the case of an administrative offense against Filipova due to the absence of an offense. A month later, on October 22, Filonov was detained and sent to a temporary detention center. She was accused of using violence against a police officer that was not dangerous to life or health. According to the investigation, during one of the trips in a police van from the police station to the court on September 26, Filonova attacked four police officers with a ballpoint pen. Allegedly, she broke one of their fingers. The next day, the Sovetsky District Court of Ulan-Ude, Republic of Buryatia, placed Filonov under house arrest. On November 15, the court replaced house arrest with detention on the pretext of violating the conditions of house arrest. On August 31, 2023, Judge Natalya Tkacheva of the Oktyabrsky District Court of Ulan-Ude found Natalya Filonova guilty and sentenced her to 2 years and 10 months in a general regime colony. November 7, 2023, the Supreme Court of Buryatia left the verdict unchanged.