Taisiya Vital'evna Osipova (Russian: Таисия Витальевна Осипова, born 26 August 1984 in

Smolensk Smolensk ( rus, Смоленск, p=smɐˈlʲensk, a=smolensk_ru.ogg) is a city and the administrative center of Smolensk Oblast, Russia, located on the Dnieper River, west-southwest of Moscow. First mentioned in 863, it is one of the oldest c ...

) is a Russian opposition activist from the unregistered

National Bolshevik Party The National Bolshevik Party (NBP; russian: Национал-большевистская партия), also known as the Nazbols (russian: нацболы), operated from 1993 to 2007 as a Russian political party with a political program of Nat ...

and " The Other Russia" party. She is the wife of opposition activist

Sergei Fomchenkov Sergei Alexandrovich Fomchenkov (russian: Сергей Александрович Фомченков, born on 8 December 1973 in Smolensk) is a Russian politician, a former member of the banned National Bolshevik Party The National Bolshevik ...

. In 2011 Osipova was sentenced by the

Russian courts The Judiciary of Russia interprets and applies the law of Russia. It is defined under the Constitution and law with a hierarchical structure with the Constitutional Court and Supreme Court at the apex. The district courts are the primary crimin ...

to 10 years in prison for possession of

heroin Heroin, also known as diacetylmorphine and diamorphine among other names, is a potent opioid mainly used as a recreational drug for its euphoric effects. Medical grade diamorphine is used as a pure hydrochloride salt. Various white and brow ...

. In 2012 the sentence was reduced to 8 years in a retrial ordered by a higher court, after President Dmitry Medvedev had called her original sentence "too harsh". Osipova claims the heroin had been planted in a police raid. Mikhail Fedotov, head of Russia's council on human rights, has called the verdict a "legal mistake". She was released in February 2017.Russian Opposition Activist Osipova Released From Prison
Radio Free Europe, 28 February 2017

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