Detention: Elvira was detained on March 28, 2024, in the village of Edi-Kuyu (Lenino) in temporarily occupied Crimea.

Sentence: Not issued. The case is under investigation. According to human rights defenders, Elvira Ablyazova is charged under Article 275 of the Russian Criminal Code — 'treason'.

Elvira Yusupivna Ablyazova was born on August 13, 1982, a Crimean Tatar, Ukrainian citizen, residing in the village of Edi-Kuyu (formerly Lenino) in eastern temporarily occupied Crimea.

On March 28, 2024, Elvira Ablyazova disappeared in Edi-Kuyu. During the same period, two other local residents, Larysa Haidai and Tetiana Pavlenko (Symonenko), also disappeared. According to human rights defenders, the women were effectively abducted and held without contact with the outside world or public information about their procedural status for an extended period.

Ablyazova's whereabouts remained unknown for about a year and a half. In August 2025, the Crimean Tatar Resource Center learned that Elvira Ablyazova was in pre-trial detention centre No. 2 in Simferopol. Larysa Haidai and Tetiana Pavlenko (Symonenko) were also held there. At that time, there was no official information on the reasons for their detention or the charges against them.

In September 2025, the Crimean Tatar Resource Center included Elvira Ablyazova in the list of Crimean Tatar women unlawfully detained by the Russian occupation authorities. The Center reported that at least 30 women from occupied Crimea were in Russian pre-trial detention centres and colonies, including four Crimean Tatar women — Lera Dzhemilova, Elvira Ablyazova, Hatidzhe Buyukhchan, and Niyara Ersmambetova.

In March 2026, the situation regarding Ablyazova's case changed. After nearly two years of complete isolation, she was transferred to the women's block of pre-trial detention centre No. 1 in Simferopol. It was simultaneously revealed that the Russian occupation authorities officially charged her with 'treason'.

Human rights defenders describe the practice of prolonged detention following enforced disappearance in complete isolation as a systematic practice by Russian security forces in occupied Crimea. In Ablyazova's case, there was no public information about her whereabouts or procedural status for almost two years. International humanitarian law considers enforced disappearances a war crime, and prolonged detention without contact with the outside world may constitute inhumane treatment.

As of September 2, 2026, according to the latest available data from human rights defenders, Elvira Ablyazova is held in pre-trial detention centre No. 1 of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia in occupied Crimea and Sevastopol, and her case remains under investigation. No court sentence has been found in open sources.

Information used from open sources: ZMINA, Crimean Tatar Resource Center, CrimeaSOS, Suspilne Crimea, Krym.Realii.

Photo: Suspilne Crimea.

Update date: 02.09.2026.