Woman in Latvia has been sentenced to six years in prison for donating to Russian army
The Riga City Court has found Polina Kamleva, a Latvian citizen and pro-Kremlin activist, guilty of transferring money to support the Russian army in Ukraine. She has been sentenced to six years’ imprisonment.
The Latvian media outlet Delfi reports on this, according to Censor.NET.
Details of the case
A woman has been accused of transferring 43 euros to support the Russian army.
According to the Latvian State Security Service (SSS), she used an acquaintance in Belarus as an intermediary to transfer money to a Russian citizen. According to the investigation, this money was intended for the Russian military to purchase equipment for countering drones.
A woman’s defence
Before the verdict was handed down, Kamlova spoke for around 40 minutes in her final statement. She described her actions as a mistake, but denied that she had intended to support Russia’s war.
In court, she claimed that she was allegedly unaware of the ‘military purpose’ of the money transfer and, she said, had no intention of funding ‘someone else’s army’. Although Kamlova had previously been a member of the ‘Russian Union of Latvia’ party.
Kamlova joined the hearing remotely from her place of detention. She spoke in Russian, attributing this to her emotional state, although she noted that she speaks Latvian.
- The defendant was sentenced to six years’ imprisonment and three years’ probation. The prosecutor had sought a sentence of eight years’ imprisonment for her.
