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Sidorkina Vera Ivanovna

Date of birth: August 26, 1976 (49 years old)
citizenship: Россия
City of residence: Yoshkar-Ola
Article of the Criminal Code:  275 ; 205.5 ч. 2 (через ч. 3 ст. 30)
Form of repression:  pre-trial detention
Pursuit stage:  verdict delivered – appeal pending
Date of arrest:  April 24, 2024
Sentence:  18 лет лишения свободы в колонии общего режима, 1 год ограничения свободы
Date of sentencing:  June 20, 2025
Current location:  Remand Prison No. 6, Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia for Sverdlovsk Oblast

Sidorkina Vera Ivanovna, born August 26, 1976, is a resident of Yoshkar-Ola (Mari El Republic). She is the mother of an underage daughter. On June 20, 2025, she was sentenced under Article 275 of the Russian Criminal Code ("High Treason") and Part 3 of Article 30 and Part 2 of Article 205.5 of the Russian Criminal Code ("Attempted Participation in a Terrorist Organization") to 18 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony with a one-year restriction of freedom upon release. She has been imprisoned since April 24, 2024.