A Russian-controlled court in Russia-occupied southern Ukraine sentenced a woman to 14 years in prison Thursday after accusing her of buying Ukrainian war bonds to support Ukraines’s military. Russian authorities identified the woman only as “B,” while human rights group Memorial named her as 66-year-old doctor Larisa Belyayeva from the village of Lyubimovka in the occupied Zaporizhzhia region.

According to the court and Russian state media reports, Belyayeva allegedly used a Ukrainian mobile banking application to purchase 102 Ukrainian war bonds worth about 270,080 rubles, roughly $3,600. Russia’s FSB security service reportedly detained her in August 2025 and charged her with treason under Russian law. Many residents in occupied territories have effectively been forced to take Russian citizenship in order to maintain access to healthcare, pensions, employment, and property rights, despite Ukraine and most of the international community rejecting Russia’s annexation claims.

Memorial, one of Russia’s best-known human rights organizations, said Belyayeva had been held in detention for months before the ruling. The group itself was recently labeled an “extremist” organization by Russian authorities as Moscow continues expanding wartime crackdowns on dissent, treason, and alleged support for Ukraine.

Ukraine began issuing war bonds immediately after Russia’s full-scale invasion in February 2022 to help finance its defense efforts. The bonds were widely promoted as patriotic investments for Ukrainians supporting the war effort.