In 2021, Ukrainian Ruslan Zakharov, 31, claimed he was taken to the basement of the facility after being accused of spying against Russia in 2019.
Russian forces have long been accused of using rape and sexual violence as a weapon of war to intimidate and oppress their selected enemy.
Natalia told her harrowing story in court, but the testimony was “totally ignored” by the Russian judge, Oleg Aleksandrovich Cherepov, known for his willingness to hand down the sentences desired by the Russian state.
The men and women held at the prison have sued Russia and Ukraine at the European Court of Human Rights.
Ruslan and his mum had to pay more than £10,000 before he was released at the end of October 2019.
Survivors of the prison have claimed inmates were left on hanging racks, waterboarded and forced to fight each other.
Natalia was put on trial in Russia in June 2023 alongside two other Ukrainians, Serhiy Hruzynov and Victor Shydlovsky, charged with being part of a terrorism organization.
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He added that he was duct-taped and electrocuted on a desk and was forced to stand in his cell with his face against the wall and arms stretched over his head.
Previous tales of the Izolyatsia prison in Donetsk corroborates Natalia’s story.
The three were sentenced December 24, 2024, when Hruzynov received 20 years and Shydlovsky received 22 years imprisonment.
The only evidence that supported the accusations against Natalia was a video confession extracted whilst she was being tortured, and which she later retracted.
She identified Vasyl Yevdokimov, also known as “Lenin”, as one of the ringleaders – a key figure in Russia’s Izolyatsia secret torture prison.
Natalia has just been sentenced to 18 years in a Russian prison after being found guilty of terrorism charges and plotting to kill Yevdokimov, her chief torturer.
She recalled the sick range of torture methods inflicted upon her, including filing down her teeth and electrocuting her “until she screamed loud enough” to satisfy her assailants.