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Erlenbakh Stalina Nikolaevna

Date of birth: June 27, 1955 (71 years old)
citizenship: Россия
City of residence: Nevinnomyssk
Occupation: активизм
Article of the Criminal Code:  207 ч. 3
Pursuit stage:  решение суда вступило в силу
Date of arrest:  November 24, 2024
Sentence:  2 года 11 месяцев лишения свободы в колонии общего режима
Date of sentencing:  June 17, 2026
Current location:  Remand Prison No. 1, Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia for Karachay-Cherkess Republic
Lists of persecuted:  General list

Stalina Erlenbakh, a pensioner and activist from Nevinnomyssk in the Stavropol Krai, was sentenced to 4 years for putting up leaflets in Cherkessk regarding potential attacks by the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The investigation and the court interpreted the text of the leaflets as a knowingly false report about a terrorist act, intended to destabilize government authorities. On appeal, the sentence was reduced to 2 years and 11 months.