Photographer. Natalia took a lot of nature photographs, especially of birds, and was well known in the now-disbanded amateur ornithologist organization "Bird Protection of the Fatherland."
Natalia was diagnosed with liver cancer while in pretrial detention.
During the appeal hearing, the Supreme Court reclassified the charge from "financing extremist activity" to "assisting extremist activity" (Article 361-4 of the Criminal Code). As a result, given her poor health, Natalia's sentence was reduced to three years of restricted freedom without being sent to an open correctional facility (house arrest).
