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01Overview
Quick Facts
CountryRussia
Age / Sex55 · female
OccupationTeacher
Arrested inKrasnoyarsk, Krasnoyarsk Krai
Held at—
CategorySocial media
StatusConvicted
Sentence—
Russia · context
1,225documented cases
375 urgent · 71 report torture
Most common grounds
Journalism
124
Unknown
2
Cultural
1
Ethnic
33
Case Summary
Natalia Podolyak, a teacher from Krasnoyarsk, was fined 100,000 rubles for discrediting the Russian Armed Forces due to 17 comments she made on social media. She was previously fined for discrediting the army and was dismissed from her university position after the comments were made.
Key Facts
04 entries- 01Fined for discrediting the Russian Armed Forces.
- 02Comments made on social media led to charges.
- 03Previously fined for discrediting the army.
- 04Dismissed from university position.
02Charges
Charges
01 count- 01Discrediting the RF Armed Forces
Criminal Code Articles
01 articleArt. 280.3
03Analysis
Predicting Vector
Surveillance vector
Surveillance vectorSocial Media Monitoring
Inferred demographics
90%EthnicitySlavic Russian
Region of originSlavic Russia
ReligionOrthodox Christian
The name Natalia Podolyak is a common Slavic Russian name, and the location is within Russian Federation territory.
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The Detained. (2026). Case file: Natalia Podolyak (TD case cmgn4trc, record version 2026-05-26). Retrieved July 21, 2026, from https://thedetained.org/prisoners/cmgn4trck000nlisxpd0nxc6a. Original data from OVD-Info (https://repression.info/ru/persons/natalia-podolyak).
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