Personal Information
- Birth date
- 9 апр. 1973 г. (53 years old)
- Special circumstances
- Ukrainian citizen, illness
- Notes
- diabetes mellitus, after the occupation of Donetsk, she went to Kyiv in search of work, but returned home, before her arrest she worked as a hotel administrator
Dovgal Svetlana Anatolevna (Dovgal Svitlana Anatoliyivna)
Case Information
- Region of case initiation:
- Donetsk Oblast
- Detention date:
- 22 июл. 2019 г.
- Charges:
- Art. 276 CC RF
- Sentence:
- 11 years general regime
- Estimated release date:
- 20 июл. 2030 г.
- Case categories:
- War-related, Occupied territories, civilian hostage, Espionage
Case Description
On July 22, 2019, in the occupied Donetsk, a 46-year-old local resident, a citizen of Ukraine, Svetlana Dovgal, was abducted from her home. It is known that almost all the time after the abduction, she was illegally held in the 'Isolation' prison. According to the testimony of other prisoners who saw Svetlana there, after interrogations the woman came in bruises: she was beaten, tortured with electricity, kept in the basement. A criminal case for espionage was opened against Dovgal, details of the charges are unknown. On July 8, 2024, the Supreme Court of the Donetsk People's Republic found Svetlana Dovgal guilty and sentenced her to imprisonment, the exact length of the sentence is unknown. On January 16, 2025, the First Appellate Court of General Jurisdiction left the verdict unchanged.
Contact Information
Mailing Address
Довгаль Светлана Анатольевна (Довгаль Світлана Анатоліївна), 9 апреля 1973 г. этап
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