Overview
- Alyona Polyn, also known as Elena Sulikova, was convicted in Moscow and sentenced to two years in prison for extremism and offending religious feelings.
- Judges found that some of her online publications included extremist references and insults directed at Orthodox clergy.
- During a recent hearing she reportedly suffered an epileptic episode, received medical attention, and was then ordered held in custody.
- She was arrested last year by Russian security services, who seized mummified bats, ritual daggers, skulls, and a home altar during searches.
- Polyn rose to fame via the TV show Bitva Ekstrasensov and pro-Putin rituals, and she denies wrongdoing while claiming without evidence that Ukrainian intelligence sought her, according to state media.