Alena Dzemianchuk
Date of birth: 29 March
Date of detention: 23 January 2024
Charges indicted:
Art. 361-2 of the Criminal Code — Financing the activities of an extremist group
Prison: Pre-trial detention center No. 7
Alena Dzemianchuk was detained under Article 361-2 of the Criminal Code. She is charged with financing extremist activities. The detention was part of a larger prosecution effort by the authorities against individuals supporting political prisoners and their families through the social project INeedHelpBy, which provides food aid.
Alena Dzemianchuk is the mother of former political prisoner Maryna Hlazava.