Personal Information
- Birth date
- 14 мар. 1961 г. (65 years old)
- Special circumstances
- in emigration, activist
- Notes
- Mother of blogger and activist Igor Orzhevsky. Together they run a website where they publish news about the Russian invasion of Ukraine and raise money to help the country. In addition, activists regularly publish their photos with anti-war posters. In February 2024, the pages of activists on VKontakte were blocked at the request of the Prosecutor General's Office without the right to restore. Before that, the social network twice restricted access to their groups.
Orzhevskaya Svetlana Vladimirovna
Case Information
- Region of case initiation:
- Moscow
- Charges:
- Article 207.3, Part 2, Paragraph d of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation
- Case categories:
- Anti-war case, Freedom of speech, Civil activist cases
- Rosfinmonitoring status:
- Added 21 окт. 2025 г.
Case Description
In Moscow, no later than March 2025, a criminal case was opened for 'fakes' about the Russian army on the grounds of political and ideological hatred against 63-year-old activist Svetlana Orzhevskaya. According to the investigation, Orzhevskaya, together with her son Igor, runs a website where they publish news about the war and collect aid for Ukraine, as well as regularly post their photos with anti-war posters. The details of the charges are unknown. March 13, 2025, the Tagansky District Court of Moscow issued a ruling in absentia to detain the defendant in the case for two months from the moment of her extradition or detention on the territory of the Russian Federation.
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