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Shakh Natalya Aleksandrovna

Date of birth: February 4, 1978 (48 years old)
citizenship: Россия
City of residence: п. Пашия (Пермский край)
Occupation: искусство и творчество
Article of the Criminal Code:  205.2 ч. 2
Pursuit stage:  verdict delivered – appeal pending
Sentence:  5 лет 6 месяцев лишения свободы в колонии общего режима
Date of sentencing:  April 24, 2026
Current location:  unknown

Natalya Shakh is a singer and employee of the "People's House" community center in the village of Pashiya in the Perm krai. She performed in a family band with her husband and daughter. In 2022 and 2023, she left three emotional comments on the social network VK. Natalya wrote about the extermination of the "Slavic people" and the "fascists" in the Kremlin, calling for people to unite in "partisan detachments" and resist. On April 24, 2026, a military court sentenced Shakh to 5.5 years for incitement to terrorism.