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01Overview
Quick Facts
CountryRussia
Age / Sex58 · female
OccupationArts school director
Arrested inAlushta, Crimea
Held atSIZO-1 Simferopol
Categorypolitical
StatusConvicted
Sentence13 years
Russia · context
1,246documented cases
385 urgent · 76 report torture
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Journalism
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Unknown
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Cultural
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Ethnic
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Case Summary
Marina Kovalenko, a school director in Luhansk, was sentenced to 13 years in prison for high treason. She is accused of photographing internal documents and sharing them with Ukrainian intelligence.
Key Facts
03 entries- 01Sentenced to 13 years in prison
- 02Accused of photographing documents for Ukrainian intelligence
- 03Held in SIZO for over eight months before sentencing
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Native-Language SummaryRU • Original
Подконтрольный России Верховный суд Крыма приговорил 58-летнюю луганчанку Марину Коваленко к 13 годам колонии по делу о госизмене. Об этом сообщила прокуратура региона, заметили правозащитники «Мемориала».
По версии обвинения, Коваленко, работая в Луганской школе искусств, сфотографировала несколько документов с «персональными данными и служебной информацией» и отправила фото украинской разведке. О каких именно документах идет речь, прокуратура не уточняется.
Коваленко задержали в июне 2025 года в Алуште, после чего больше восьми месяцев держали в СИЗО-2 Симферополя без предъявления обвинения. К февралю 2026-го ее перевели в СИЗО-1.
Позже ТАСС со ссылкой на пресс-службу ФСБ опубликовал видео, в котором директриса говорит, что украинские силовики попросили ее «фотографировать и пересылать некоторые приказы, которые будет направлять Россия». Дополнительно Коваленко обвинили в сборе информации о «передвижении военной техники Российской Федерации».
Российская спецслужба считает, что Коваленко завербовали, так как ее сын служит в ВСУ, и поэтому она согласилась сотрудничать.
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02Charges
Charges
02 count- 01high treason
- 02collecting information on the movement of Russian military equipment
03Analysis
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04Timeline
Case Timeline
Arrest date
June 1, 2025
Sentence served
1y 1mo / 13 years
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The Detained. (2026). Case file: Marina Kovalenko (TD case cmrw9uv9, record version 2026-07-22). Retrieved July 24, 2026, from https://thedetained.org/prisoners/cmrw9uv920000xiu4l0fa4957. Original data from Mediazona (https://zona.media/news/2026/07/22/kovalenko).
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