Tatyana Moskalenko
Exemplary punishment for anti-war comments on social media
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A pensioner and former educator. Following comments on social media where Moskalenko criticized the invasion of Ukraine, the FSB conducted a search of her apartment. She was accused of discrediting the Russian armed forces for her criticism of the authorities. She has been in custody since August 18, 2023, and around January 2024 was transferred to house arrest or restricted from certain activities.
On November 9, 2022, Tatyana Moskalenko posted a video from the Ukrainian channel «Here is the Truth» on YouTube, which has over 1 million subscribers. The video titled «The Kremlin Deletes This on All Channels» discusses the hardships faced by those mobilized from various regions of Russia, their protests, and appeals from relatives of the mobilized. The video also includes calls not to go to mobilization points and not to go to war.
Write a letter
A letter is the simplest way to support a person in prison. It is read not only by the addressee: the administration sees that the person is remembered, and that protects.
- How to send By ordinary mail to the colony’s address or through the “FSIN-pismo” service (fsin-pismo.ru): it is paid but faster, and a reply can be prepaid. From abroad the easiest way is through projects supporting political prisoners, such as OVD-Info: they will tell you how to forward a letter.
- What to write about About yourself and what is happening around you: books, films, nature, life in your city. You can enclose a postcard or a photo. Write in Russian — letters in other languages are delayed or not delivered.
- What not to write about The case, the court and the investigation, politics and the war, other detainees. Letters are censored: such letters are simply not delivered and may do harm. Do not promise what you cannot deliver.
- How long to wait A letter takes from two weeks to two months. A reply does not always come — that does not mean the letter was not delivered.
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