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Kuzmina Polina Nikolayevna

Date of birth: September 23, 1975 (50 years old)
citizenship: Украина
City of residence: Moscow
Article of the Criminal Code:  275 (через ч. 5 ст. 33)
Pursuit stage:  решение суда вступило в силу
Date of arrest:  July 3, 2024
Sentence:  12 лет лишения свободы в колонии общего режима, штраф 400.000 рублей
Date of sentencing:  September 29, 2025
Current location:  Remand Prison No. 6, Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia for the city of Moscow

Polina Kuzmina is a Ukrainian citizen. She worked as a caregiver for the elderly and also transferred money to Ukraine through relatives living there. One of her clients, Volodymyr Grabovetsky, was arrested on charges of treason for transferring funds to aid the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and Kuzmina herself was accused of aiding and abetting this crime. According to Kuzmina, she was detained on the street with a jar of borscht, which she was delivering to one of her clients. Kuzmina was sent to pretrial detention and subsequently sentenced to 12 years.

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