Gender: Female
Perpetrator: Russia
Religion or Belief: Christian – Unspecified/Other
Current Status: Not Released
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Detainment
Victoria Brazhnik is detained for her religious activity.
In 2025, authorities charged Brazhnik with financing "an organization designated as undesirable" (Art. 284.1 RCC) due to her involvement in and charitable giving to the banned Vozrozhenie ("Revival") Church.
In August 2025, court authorities confined her to a psychiatric hospital due to her religious activity, despite no indication that she posed a danger to herself or others.