Detention: On April 23, 2026, officers of the Federal Security Service of Russia detained Svitlana Kolomiiets. Following her detention, she was placed in Pre-trial Detention Centre No. 1 in Simferopol, where she remains in custody.

Sentence: As of July 19, 2026, no sentence has been issued. Svitlana Kolomiiets is held in Pre-trial Detention Centre No. 1 of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia for the Republic of Crimea and Sevastopol. The Russian Federation accuses her under Article 275 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (“treason”). The maximum penalty under this article is up to 20 years of imprisonment. Human rights defenders consider the criminal prosecution politically motivated.

Svitlana Yevheniivna Kolomiiets was born on July 25, 1991. She is a native of Crimea and a citizen of Ukraine. After the annexation of the peninsula by the Russian Federation, she was also forced to acquire Russian citizenship. Before the criminal prosecution, she lived in the temporarily occupied Crimea. Open sources indicate that she previously served in the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine.

Svitlana is the mother of three minor daughters. After her arrest, all the children were left without their mother. Their grandmother, a pensioner with a Group III disability, took responsibility for their care. The father of the two older children died in 2022, leaving the family in extremely difficult circumstances following Svitlana's detention. Human rights defenders emphasize this humanitarian aspect of the case.

On April 23, 2026, officers of the Federal Security Service of Russia detained Svitlana Kolomiiets. Following her detention, she was placed in Pre-trial Detention Centre No. 1 in Simferopol, where she remains in custody. Russian investigators charged her with “treason,” alleging she provided financial assistance to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. These claims cannot be independently verified as the case materials are entirely classified, and court sessions are held behind closed doors.

As of July 19, 2026, the investigation is ongoing. There is no information in open sources about the case being transferred to court or a sentence being issued. Due to the closed nature of the proceedings, there are also no official details about Svitlana Kolomiiets's health or the conditions of her detention.

Information used from open sources: ZMINA, Suspilne Crimea, Crimean Tatar Resource Center (Facebook), Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, Human Rights Project “Support for Political Prisoners. Memorial”.

Photo: Crimean Tatar Resource Center (Facebook).

Update date: 19.07.2026.