Halyna Dovhopola has been able to pass a letter to Graty journalists in which the 66-year-old Crimean pensioner describes how she was seized by FSB officers in November 2019 and the torment she has since endured. She is now imprisoned in Russia, serving a 12-year sentence on a charge of ‘state treason in the form of spying’ which is almost certainly linked primarily with her pro-Ukrainian views.
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The combination of photos shows 66-year-old Crimean pensioner Halyna Dovhopola and her picture from prison which she sent, together with a letter, to Graty. Dovhopola was seized by FSB officers in November 2019. She is now imprisoned in Russia, serving a 12-year sentence on a charge of ‘state treason in the form of spying’ which is almost certainly linked primarily with her pro-Ukrainian views, human rights activists say.
