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Artist Lyudmila Razumova, from Tver Oblast and imprisoned over anti-war graffiti and posts, has told her lawyer about a conflict with a cellmate with whom she is being held in Tver pre-trial detention centre No. 1. This was reported by Novaya Gazeta.

Razumova shares her cell with two other women. One of them has thrown cockroaches into her personal belongings and food, as well as threatened her with violence. Razumova believes the cellmate is trying to provoke a confrontation and elicit an aggressive response.

The artist has repeatedly asked the detention centre administration to move her to a safe place. Her lawyer has also appealed to the deputy head of the detention centre for Razumova to be transferred to another cell, and submitted complaints to both the head of the centre and the Federal Penitentiary Service administration for Tver Oblast.

“If a threat to life and health arises, or there is a danger of a crime against the person by other suspects or defendants, personnel are obliged to immediately take measures to ensure the personal safety of the accused,” the lawyer says.

Additionally, Razumova has reported high blood pressure and hypertensive crises. The prescribed medication is not relieving her symptoms. She fears she may be nearing a stroke.

Novaya Gazeta also clarified that media reports about Razumova having scurvy were not confirmed. She has been diagnosed with vitamin deficiency. Her support group has sent her vitamins and food supplies.

In the near future, Razumova is to be transferred to a psychiatric hospital for a psychological and psychiatric assessment as part of a case of causing minor bodily harm (paragraph “v” part 2 article 115 of the Criminal Code). Last year, another convicted person attacked Razumova in a prison hospital. During a domestic dispute, Razumova poured water on her, and the other woman responded by hitting and strangling her with an immersion heater cord. Legal proceedings were initiated not against the attacker, but against the artist.

You can support Lyudmila Razumova by sending her a letter via our “Vestočka” service.

  • In 2023, Razumova and her former husband Aleksandr Martynov were convicted under articles relating to “spreading fakes” about the Russian army (paragraph “d” part 2 article 207.3 of the Criminal Code) and vandalism (part 2 article 214 of the Criminal Code). Razumova was sentenced to seven years in a general regime colony, and Martynov to six and a half years.
  • The former spouses were accused of leaving anti-war graffiti in villages in Tver Oblast, and posting videos on their “Odnoklassniki” pages about the invasion of Ukraine, which criticised the actions of Russian forces and reported on shelling of residential houses and civilians.