05:15, 19 September 2026

Olga Shchekina is charged with violating the curfew.

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The puppet theater actress Olga Shchekina, who was kidnapped by unknown individuals while leaving a special detention center in Rostov-on-Don, is accused of violating the curfew in Donetsk.

As reported by "Caucasian Knot", the former puppet theater actress from Donetsk, Olga Shchekina, was put into a car and taken away by unknown individuals in masks after serving ten days of administrative arrest in Rostov-on-Don, her lawyer Ilya Slyusarev stated. According to him, the police did not investigate the identities of these individuals.

Lawyer Ilya Slyusarev traveled from Donetsk to Rostov-on-Don on the evening of September 18. According to him, the chairperson of the court called him and informed him about the court hearing regarding Olga Shchekina, reports the human rights Telegram channel

According to the defender, the court hearing will take place regarding the protocol on Shchekina's violation of the curfew in Donetsk. It is not reported whether the hearing took place and what its results were.

Olga Shchekina is a former puppet theater actress from Donetsk. In April 2023, she began posting videos on social media set to Ukrainian songs and openly expressed a pro-Ukrainian position. After the videos were spread by pro-war groups, Shchekina began receiving threats, and at the end of May, she was detained. A few days after her detention, security forces, according to Shchekina, forced her to record a video with apologies. In August, the court fined Shchekina 77,000 rubles for public calls for separatism and displaying prohibited symbols, reported "Mediazona" on October 4, 2023.

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