Natalya Zelenina has been imprisoned in the self-proclaimed ‘Donetsk people’s republic’ (DPR) since November 2017, although her potentially life-threatening plight has only recently been made public. Zelenina’s colleagues at the Svitanok Club charitable fund had originally feared that publicity could harm her, but now understand that it is the 11-year sentence on absurd drug smuggling charges that could kill her.
