Svetlana Anokhina

Affiliated media: Journalist, Human Rights Activist

Incident date: January 19, 2026

Attack type:

• Court trial

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Kavkaz.Realii

Location: Russia, Republic of Dagestan, Makhachkala

Additional information:

Svetlana Anokhina, Dagestani journalist and human rights activist, was sentenced in absentia to five years in prison for ‘fakes against the Russian army’. An international search warrant had been issued against her in 2023, her 95-year-old mother had her flat searched at least thrice, and her DNA was taken. Anokhina has been residing abroad since 2021.