Security forces threatened Patyaeva with extremism charges for her poster about Seda Suleimanova's fate.

Police are looking for "signs of extremism" in the text of a poster for which Seda Suleimanova's friend, Lena Patyaeva, was arrested for ten days. The activist herself called the charge absurd.

As reported by "Caucasian Knot," on November 27, the Krasnoselsky District Court of St. Petersburg deemed Elena Patyaeva's solo picket a repeat violation of the rules for holding a public event and sentenced her to 10 days in jail. During a call to a friend on November 29, the activist complained about bedbugs in her detention cell and the poor quality of the food.

Lena Patyaeva published a short post today on the "Where is Seda?" Telegram channel, announcing that she will not stop protesting for an investigation into Suleimanova's case. According to the activist, she will also seek accountability for the officers of the 54th police department in St. Petersburg, "who so easily handed her over to her death."

"I don't regret anything, and nothing has changed for me. As before, I will do everything in my power to ensure a fair investigation into Seda Suleimanova's case and to bring to justice everyone who is directly or indirectly responsible for what happened to her," Patyaeva wrote.

Security officers at the 42nd police station, where Lena Patyaeva was taken after the picket on November 25, told her that the text of her poster contained "signs of extremism." The activist said she considered this accusation absurd.

"There is nothing extremist about calling on people to realize what they have done. If you have chosen the profession of 'guardians of law and order,' you should prevent crimes, not facilitate their commission," she emphasized.

Patyaeva believes that the police should have simply detained Seda at the station "for a few extra hours under any pretext" and returned her boyfriend's phone so he could contact a lawyer—and then the girl would have survived.

"She was 26 years old, she loved dogs and cats, dreamed of becoming an artist, was going to marry Stas and have children—all of this could have happened, but it didn't. Live with it," concluded Seda Suleimanova's friend.

Patyaeva also thanked the channel's readers and activists for their support and donations to the detention center. She assured that she is healthy and now "has everything she needs."

Delimkhanov refused to help in the search for Seda Suleimanova

Lena Patyaeva is a friend of Seda Suleimanova and the organizer of the campaign demanding an investigation into her disappearance. Security forces have repeatedly detained her for public actions related to the Suleimanova case: in August, the activist held a solo picket for four hours near the Akhmat Kadyrov Bridge, after which she was taken to the police station. In April, Patyaeva received 20 hours of community service for a picket on the same bridge.

In March, Lena Patyaeva held a picket in Grozny, where she was also taken to the police station, but released without a report. Meanwhile, Grozny security forces called Suleimanova's fate a "family matter." In April 2024, it became known that the Investigative Committee was investigating Seda Suleimanova's disappearance under the murder article. In January 2025, Patyaeva complained to the Prosecutor General's Office about the investigators' inaction, stating that the investigation had yielded no results after 10 months. On June 16, 2025, it became known that the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs had placed Seda Suleimanova on the wanted list. The appearance of a wanted card in the Ministry of Internal Affairs database indicates a sham, human rights activists pointed out.