Ramila Saitova
Candidate for President of the Republic of Bashkortostan
Story
She is an entrepreneur and a participant in the Bashkir national movement. Ramila Galim has been repeatedly convicted for her public speeches and political activities. She was detained by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and FSB officers near her home on May 16, 2023. The next day, Judge Artur Alikovich Suleimanov of the Kirovsky District Court of Ufa granted the prosecution’s request and arrested the activist for two months in connection with a criminal case initiated against her for posting a video on YouTube in November 2022. In the video, Ramila Galim addressed those mobilized from Bashkortostan, urging them to refuse to kill Ukrainians and instead return home, stating, “The true courage of a hero today is to say: I refuse to kill.”
On December 22, 2023, she was sentenced by the court to 5 years in a medium-security prison with a ban on administering websites on the Internet for 4 years. She has been in detention since May 16, 2023.
Write a letter
A letter is the simplest way to support a person in prison. It is read not only by the addressee: the administration sees that the person is remembered, and that protects.
- How to send By ordinary mail to the colony’s address or through the “FSIN-pismo” service (fsin-pismo.ru): it is paid but faster, and a reply can be prepaid. From abroad the easiest way is through projects supporting political prisoners, such as OVD-Info: they will tell you how to forward a letter.
- What to write about About yourself and what is happening around you: books, films, nature, life in your city. You can enclose a postcard or a photo. Write in Russian — letters in other languages are delayed or not delivered.
- What not to write about The case, the court and the investigation, politics and the war, other detainees. Letters are censored: such letters are simply not delivered and may do harm. Do not promise what you cannot deliver.
- How long to wait A letter takes from two weeks to two months. A reply does not always come — that does not mean the letter was not delivered.
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