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Nikolaieva Olena Anatoliivna

Date of birth: March 4, 1983 (43 years old)
City of residence: Макеевка
Article of the Criminal Code:  205.1 ч. 1.1
Form of repression:  deprivation of liberty
Pursuit stage:  currently serving a sentence
Sentence:  9 лет лишения свободы в колонии общего режима
Date of sentencing:  September 10, 2025
Current location:  Remand Prison No. 3, Russian Federal Penitentiary Service for Rostov Oblast
Lists of persecuted:  General list

Olena Nikolaieva is a Ukrainian citizen and a resident of Makiivka in the Donetsk region. She was detained no later than March 2025 and charged with financing terrorism, allegedly transferring funds through intermediaries to the Azov to purchase drones. She was sentenced to 9 years ща imprisonnment.