Case History
Mariya Pankova faced criminal prosecution for her faith back in October 2021. Then the home of her and her husband, Sergey Tolokonnikov, was searched, after which he ended up in a pretrial detention center and later was sentenced to 5 years in a penal colony. In April 2025, when Sergey was 2 months away from his release, the Investigative Committee initiated a criminal case against Mariya, also under an article for extremism. Police officers took Mariya for interrogation, and a search was conducted in her apartment. She was placed under a recognizance agreement. The case went to court in June 2025. The verdict was given 5 months later: a fine of 500,000 rubles.
