Svetlana Zotova

Mother of Valeria Zotova, prosecuted in the case of arson of a humanitarian aid collection point for Donbass. On 14 March 2023, law enforcers came to Zotova's home and took her to the police station. There they began to question her about her comments on social networks. According to Zotova, one of the law enforcers threatened her with a criminal case, called her obscene words and swung his fists at her. After that, the woman was taken to the Main Department of the Interior Ministry, where she was told that two criminal cases had been opened against her. The first was under the article on calls for terrorist activity. Zotova was charged with two comments, in one of which she allegedly wrote the words "Russians" and "nuclear". At the same time, the police refused to show her these comments. Another criminal case, according to the law enforcers, is related to her interrogation in the case of her daughter Valeria. In the evening the woman was released, on 16 March she was charged. On 6 December 2023, Zotova was sentenced to a fine of 350 thousand rubles.