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Shipacheva Darya Andreevna

Date of birth: June 4, 1991 (35 years old)
citizenship: Россия
City of residence: Moscow
Occupation: журналистика
Article of the Criminal Code:  275
Pursuit stage:  verdict delivered – appeal pending
Date of arrest:  April 23, 2025
Sentence:  12 лет лишения свободы в колонии общего режима, штраф 300.000 рублей
Date of sentencing:  July 29, 2026
Current location:  Remand Prison No. 2, Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia

Journalist Darya Shipacheva was detained in Moscow on April 23, 2025, and then transferred to Rostov-on-Don, where she was placed in pretrial detention. She was charged with treason, for which, on July 29, 2026, the Moscow City Court sentenced her to 12 years of imprisonment and a fine of 300,000 rubles. 1,558,000 rubles were also confiscated from her. Apparently, she was accused of transferring money to Ukraine.