Crimean photographer Nadezhda Grekova was sentenced to 22 years in prison by the occupiers for the attempted assassination of a Russian officer

A 39-year-old Sevastopol photographer, Nadiya Grekova, was sentenced to 22 years in prison by the occupiers. A Russian court in Rostov-on-Don found her guilty in the case of the attempted assassination of an officer of the Russian Black Sea Fleet: this is the longest sentence ever given to a Ukrainian civilian prisoner by a Russian or occupation court.

This was reported by Radio Liberty on its website.

The occupiers accuse the Ukrainian woman under four articles of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation: high treason; illegal acquisition, transfer, sale, storage, transportation, shipment or carrying of explosives or explosive devices; terrorist act; training for the purpose of terrorist activity.

On February 6, 2024, an explosion occurred in a high-rise building in occupied Sevastopol. Initially, local security forces reported a gas explosion, but a year later, the Russian FSB said that an explosive had allegedly been planted in an apartment rented by an officer of the Russian Black Sea Fleet and his wife.

The owner of the apartment, Grekova, became a suspect in the case. She was detained at the Mineralnye Vody airport and later arrested. Only a month later, her friend saw a video on social media of a woman confessing to the crimes, in which she recognized Nadiya by her voice and mannerisms.

On February 22, 2024, 16 days after the explosion, the woman's name was added to the Rosfinmonitoring register of "terrorists and extremists."

In January 2025, Grekova's case was brought to the Southern Military Court of the Russian Federation.

The circumstances of her detention are still unclear. Judge Sergei Obraztsov was the only judge in the court. There is information that before Nadiya's case, he had already had experience in the trials of Ukrainians.

Oleksandr Sizikov, a blind Crimean political prisoner convicted on trumped-up charges, was released after eight months of imprisonment and a 5,000-kilometer-long transfer. He has already returned home to Crimea, spoke about the harsh conditions of detention and plans to appeal the persecution.

Олександра Горст