Anastasia Shevchenko is a Russian politician. A mother of three, she was sentenced to 4.5 years of suspended jail term as a threat to the foundation of the constitutional order and the security of the state. She endured house arrest for two years, and became the first person found guilty of “organizing activity of an undesirable organization. While Anastasia was under arrest, her daughter Alina was hospitalized and died alone, becoming an early example of the Russian regime’s willingness to use the separation of parents and children as a way to silence dissent. In 2022 Anastasia left Russia.