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Markova Elena Eduardovna

Date of birth: April 10, 1962 (61 years old)
Article of the Criminal Code:  205.5 ч. 2
Pursuit stage:  death
Lists of persecuted:  Archive ; Deceased victims of political persecution

Markova Elena Eduardovna, born April 10, 1962, lived in the village of Kratovo, Ramensky District, Moscow Region. She was a pensioner. On May 6, 2023, she was arrested on charges of allegedly participating in the declared terrorist Artpodgotobka (Part 2, Article 205.5 of the Russian Criminal Code) and preparing a mass launch of balloons with strips of foil attached to them to disrupt the operation of air defense systems during the May 9 parade. In early November 2023, her death was reported, presumably in Moscow's Pretrial Detention Center No. 6.

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