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Russia Sentences Elena Perepelitsa to Four Years for Financing Extremists

By Drooid · Oct 9, 2026, 1:33 AM UTC · How we work

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Russia sentenced Yabloko member Elena Perepelitsa to four years in a penal colony for financing an extremist organization.
She was convicted of donating to Alexei Navalny’s Anti-Corruption Foundation, which Russia labels a foreign agent and extremist group.
Russia’s Supreme Court barred Yabloko from contesting the September parliamentary election.
Deputy leader Maxim Kruglov received a seven-year sentence in June for allegedly spreading lies about the Russian army.

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Russia sentenced Yabloko member Elena Perepelitsa to four years in a penal colony for financing an extremist organization.
She was convicted of donating to Alexei Navalny’s Anti-Corruption Foundation, which Russia labels a foreign agent and extremist group.
Russia’s Supreme Court barred Yabloko from contesting the September parliamentary election.
Deputy leader Maxim Kruglov received a seven-year sentence in June for allegedly spreading lies about the Russian army.