Taisiya Osipova
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Taisiya Vital'evna Osipova (Russian: Таисия Витальевна Осипова, born 26 August 1984 in Smolensk) is a Russian opposition activist from the unregistered National Bolshevik Party and "The Other Russia" party. She is the wife of opposition activist Sergei Fomchenkov.[1]
In 2011 Osipova was sentenced by the Russian courts to 10 years in prison for possession of heroin. In 2012 the sentence was reduced to 8 years in a retrial ordered by a higher court, after President Dmitry Medvedev had called her original sentence "too harsh". Osipova claims the heroin had been planted in a police raid. Mikhail Fedotov, head of Russia's council on human rights, has called the verdict a "legal mistake".[2][3]
She was released in February 2017.[4]
References
- ^ "Russian opposition activist's wife Taisiya Osipova 'jailed over drugs'". The Independent. London. 28 August 2012. Archived from the original on 2022-05-26.
- ^ "Russian activist Taisiya Osipova given long sentence". BBC. 28 August 2012. Retrieved August 28, 2012.
- ^ "Russian opposition activist jailed for eight years on drug charges". The Guardian. London. 28 August 2012.
- ^ Russian Opposition Activist Osipova Released From Prison, Radio Free Europe, 28 February 2017