The Ministry of Internal Affairs declared a wanted mother of two children who had left for Georgia

The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia has declared the mother of two children, Lydia Prudovskaya, wanted, who left for Georgia because of the case related to the article on repeated discrediting of the army. The publication “Vot Tak” drew attention to the card in the database of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

The agency indicates that Prudovskaya is wanted under a criminal article, but does not specify what exactly.

Prudovskaya lived in the city of Mirny, Arkhangelsk region. In July 2023, a criminal case was opened against her under the article on discrediting the Russian army. The reason for this was Prudovskaya’s publications on her page in the VKontakte social network. In them, she talked about the actions of Russian troops against civilians during the war with Ukraine. Prudovskaya called the actions of the military criminal.

In 2023, investigators summoned Prudovska’s nine-year-old daughter Alisia and ten-year-old son Evgeny for questioning in their mother’s case as witnesses. In March of this year, she was able to go to Georgia with her children. Later it became known that the court had arrested Prudovskaya in absentia in a criminal case due to the violation of the signature not to leave. She faces up to five years in prison.

• After the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the Russian authorities started persecution for anti-war speeches and statements.
• According to OVD-Info, criminal cases for anti-war stance have been initiated against more than 600 people, more than 100 of them are accused of repeatedly discrediting the Russian army and government