{"id":63368,"date":"2026-07-31T11:52:50","date_gmt":"2026-07-31T08:52:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/memopzk.org\/news\/natalya-shah-politzaklyuchyonnaya\/"},"modified":"2026-08-04T12:46:40","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T09:46:40","slug":"natalya-shakh-is-a-political-prisoner","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/memopzk.org\/en\/news\/natalya-shakh-is-a-political-prisoner\/","title":{"rendered":"Natalya Shakh is a political prisoner"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>A cultural centre employee and singer from a small settlement in Perm Krai was sentenced to five and a half years in prison over three VK comments<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"630\" src=\"https:\/\/memopzk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/pr-shakh-en.png\" alt=\"Natalya Shakh is a political prisoner\" class=\"wp-image-63370\" srcset=\"https:\/\/memopzk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/pr-shakh-en.png 1200w, https:\/\/memopzk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/pr-shakh-en-768x403.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Natalya Shakh worked at the <em>Narodny Dom<\/em> cultural centre in the settlement of Pashiya in Perm Krai. She also performed in a family music ensemble together with her husband and daughter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2024, criminal proceedings were initiated against Shakh over three comments she posted on VK in 2022\u20132023. In those comments, she sharply criticised Vladimir Putin and Russia\u2019s war against Ukraine, and called on people to resist what she described as the destruction of the Russian people by organising into \u201cdetachments\u201d and \u201cmilitias.\u201d In one of the comments cited by the prosecution, Shakh wrote: <em>&#8216;Down with Putler and his cronies \u2014 it\u2019s time to form battalions among the people and wipe out all this scum that has seized power.&#8217;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Her trial began in autumn 2025. During the hearings, Shakh declined to answer the question of whether she pleaded guilty. The prosecutor requested a sentence of seven and a half years in prison. On 24 April 2026, the court sentenced her to five and a half years in a general-regime penal colony.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A detailed description of Natalya Shakh\u2019s case and of our position is available on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/memopzk.org\/en\/figurant\/shah-natalya-aleksandrovna\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">our\u00a0website<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>How can you help?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you know which pre-trial detention centre or penal colony Natalya Shakh is being held in, please let our partners know by emailing <strong><a href=\"mailto:kolobok1956@proton.me\">kolobok1956@proton.me<\/a><\/strong> or by submitting the information through their anonymous secure form.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/memopzk.org\/en\/donate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">can donate<\/a>\u00a0to help all political prisoners in Russia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-63368","news","type-news","status-publish","hentry","regions-perm-krai","news-type-press-releases"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Natalya Shakh is a political prisoner - Political prisoners support. 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