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Nailia Allakhverdieva

who

Artists

birthday

1978-03-15

current location

Не в России

region

Perm

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Biography

Formerly director of the PERMM museum. In March 2024, she was searched in the treason case against the activist Pyotr Verzilov. In November, she was searched in a terrorism case against gallery owner Marat Gelman. Allakhverdiyeva left Russia. In March 2025, it became known that a case of insulting the feelings of believers was brought against her herself because of the paintings exhibited in the museum. In May 2025, she was put on a wanted list, and in July, the court ordered her arrest in absentia.

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