18-year-old anarchist Lyubov Lizunova transferred to a prison colony in Tomsk
Submitted by Редакция on 17 March, 2025 - 21:59
Source: Anarchist Black Cross Moscow
On February 14, Lyubov Lizunova, a defendant in the Chita Anarchists' Case, was taken out of Pre-Trial Detention Center No. 1 in Chita in Russian Far East. The three-week transfer route passed through Irkutsk and Mariinsk in the Kemerovo region of Siberia. On March 2, Lyubov informed her parents that she had arrived at the juvenile correctional colony in Tomsk.
TVK-2 is currently the only prison colony for underage girls. By law, inmates can be held there until the age of 19.
During the transfer, Lyuba read a lot, interacted with fellow travelers, and recited her poems from memory, which many of them liked. According to her parents, one of the guards had long conversations with her, read about her on the internet, asked her to read her poems, and even cried when she did.
From Chita to Mariinsk, Lizunova was transported in a "Stolypin" train car, and from Mariinsk to Tomsk in a prison van. The conditions were not the best, but Lyuba remained positive, finding good even in such a journey. She was glad to see the beauty of Lake Baikal, forests, and fields — even if just through the window of the train car.
Currently, Lyubov is in quarantine. With some free time on her hands, she draws a lot and reads Jane Austen and Charlotte Brontë. Despite her surroundings, she tries to stay strong and not lose hope.
In April 2024, then 17-year-old Lyubov Lizunova and 20-year-old Alexander Snezhkov were sentenced to prison terms for graffiti reading "Death to the Regime" and for administering anarchist Telegram channels. Lizunova was sentenced to 3.5 years in prison, and Snezhkov to 6 years (his sentence was later reduced by 2 months).
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Address: Lizunova Lyubov Vitalievna, born 13.07.2006, Koltsevoi pr.-d 20, TVK-2, 634027 Tomsk Russia. Note that all the letters should be written in Russia — you may use online autotranslation tools. You can write via PrisonMail.Online service: "Tomsk region" ⮕ "Tomsk VK-2".
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