14:56, 2 August 2025

Political prisoner Olga Petrova gave birth to a son

Olga Petrova, a resident of Makhachkala, convicted in a case of financing terrorism, gave birth to a boy in prison. She received a parcel with baby supplies, the fundraising for which was organized by human rights activists.

As "Kavkazsky Uzel" wrote, in December 2021, the court sentenced 36-year-old Makhachkala resident Olga Petrova to seven years in prison, finding her guilty of financing terrorism. Petrova pointed out in court that the main prosecution witnesses - Sagid Kazimagomedov, convicted of involvement in assisting terrorist activity, and Anna Papushina - in court, retracted their initial testimony. According to relatives, security forces began persecuting Petrova and her sister Irina Dudka after the women converted to Islam. In April 2025, human rights activists recognized Petrova as a political prisoner. Human rights activists announced a fundraiser for Petrova, who is eight months pregnant. 30 thousand rubles were collected.

Olga Petrova is a native of Kuban who converted to Islam at the age of 18, moved to Makhachkala in 2010-2011 and sold traditional medicine there. She was charged with nine money transfers to Dagestani resident Sagid Kazimagomedov, who, according to investigators, collected money for militants and then used it to buy plane tickets for those wishing to join the Islamic State militants in Syria (a terrorist organization banned in Russia). Petrova herself claimed that the transfers in the case were made to a supplier of traditional medicine products..

On July 19, Olga Petrova gave birth to a child in prison. "The mother gave birth to a boy on July 19. I sent her a parcel with what I bought for her, for the child. The parcel arrived safely, she has already picked it up," the human rights project "OVD-Info"* quoted Olga's eldest daughter as saying.

According to her, the boy will soon need new clothes, as the child is growing quickly. "But I still have money left from what they sent me, so I'll buy more clothes," the girl said.

Recall that Olga Petrova's sister Irina Dudka said that Kazimagomedov initially testified against her sister, but retracted it in court: "At the trials held in the fall of 2021, Kazimagomedov retracted his testimony and confirmed the fact of trading with my sister. Other prosecution witnesses were also questioned, who stated in court that pressure methods were used against them and that they signed the testimony under psychological duress, fearing for their lives. Defense witnesses, neighbors and acquaintances of my sister from Makhachkala testified about my sister's decent lifestyle, and my mother's neighbors also stated the same," she told the "Caucasian Knot". Irina Dudka herself and her family were forced to leave Russia.

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