Lyubov Lizunova will turn 20 years old.
In April 2024, Lyuba was sentenced to three and a half years in a general-regime penal colony over posts published on the Telegram channels. Two of the posts described anti-war direct action protests in the Transbaikal region. Initially, Lyuba was also prosecuted on a vandalism charge for the graffiti "Death to the regime" painted on the outskirts of Chita, but that case was later dropped after the statute of limitations expired.
Lyuba was the first underage schoolgirl in Russia to be imprisoned for speaking out against Russia's aggression against Ukraine. At the time of her arrest in 2022, she was 16 years old and in the tenth grade.
She is currently held in Penal Colony No. 7 (IK-7) in Ulan-Ude. She works as a senior fabric marker in a physically demanding garment production workshop, but still finds time for creative pursuits: she writes poetry, draws, and sings. She has even organized a yoga group inside the colony. She has seven and a half months remaining until her release.
Lyuba recently told that she is doing well, and said that one of the main reasons for this is the support she receives from people all over the world. Early in her imprisonment, she wrote that the only place she had not received letters from was Antarctica.
Postal address for cards and birthday greetings - address and letters should be written in Russian, you may use online automatic translation tools.
670000, РФ, г. Улан-Удэ,
ул. Пристанская, 4а, ИК-7,
Лизуновой Любови Витальевне, 2006 г. р.
Russian Federation
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