Anastasia Nazaruk

The wife of former border guard Roman Nazaruk. A case was brought against both of them for spreading deliberately false information about the Russian Armed Forces. In May 2023, security forces visited her grandmother's flat in Pyatigorsk, where she was registered, as well as her mother's in Anadyr. Searches in both cities also took place in October 2023. Nazaruk was put on a wanted list. Before it became known under which article the case was opened, Nazaruk's relatives were informed about charges of treason. Her mother was told that her daughter sent money to the account of the AFU from Raiffeisen Bank. Anastasia claims that she has never been a client of this bank. The law enforcers also said that the reason for the initiation of the case were some publications in social networks. On 23 April 2024, the court in Anadyr sentenced Nazaruk to seven years in absentia. Later, there was information about a new case against Nazaruk under the same article, initiated in Pyatigorsk. In November 2024, it was transferred to the court. On 18 December 2024, Nazaruk was also sentenced in absentia to seven years' imprisonment in this case, and when added together, the total term was ten years' imprisonment.