Overview

• Lazareva was sentenced in absentia to 1 year and 9 months of corrective labor for allegedly evading duties under the foreign‑agent statute.
• The Presnensky District Court also ordered her in‑absentia arrest, setting two months of custody to begin upon detention in Russia or extradition.
• By combining the new verdict with her late‑2024 conviction for justifying terrorism, the court set an aggregate seven‑year term in a general‑regime colony.
• Investigators cited two February 2025 Telegram posts without required foreign‑agent labels, following prior administrative penalties for similar violations.
• Her lawyer, Leonid Solovyev, called the case politically motivated and sought acquittal; she remains abroad on international wanted lists as the ECHR has awarded her compensation over foreign‑agent designations.