How to participate

Russian prisons are expensive. Food, clothing and other necessities must be bought and delivered to prisoners. Additionally, Sveta has elderly parents, who she was solely responsible for supporting at the time of her arrest and imprisonment. If you would like to make a donation to help to the family, follow this link and choose the most convenient method.

Svetlana Petriychuk's plays continue to live on and are staged around the world. You can become part of these performances. If you want to organize a reading, stage a play, make a film, or publish Sveta’s work, please email us at: petriychuk.stage@gmail.com. We are ready to assist you. We can send you an existing translation in the language of your choice for review, and we will help you with any other questions.

Buy a collection of Sveta's texts. Proceeds from the sale of her work will also go to support her family:
Freedom Letters website or on Amazon

Raise awareness in the media, share on social media, and discuss this injustice in personal conversations. In your posts, please use the hashtag #freesveta.

Write a letter to Svetlana. Unfortunately, correspondence to Sveta is subject to censorship so only letters in Russian are permitted: you can use an automatic translator to convert your text into Russian. Here's how to send letters:

The easiest way to write a letter is through the ZONA Telecom website (this only works with cards issued by Russian banks). On the site, select:

Moscow Region
IK-5 (Mozhaysk)
Petriychuk Svetlana Alexandrovna, 1980

1. The cost for one page of a letter is 65 rubles, and the same amount is charged for one response form. You can attach a photo, which will be printed in black and white, or you can check a box to have the photo printed and sent to Sveta in color on photo paper.
2. If your card was not issued by a Russian bank, you can use the PrisonMail service — the process is similar, but the page costs $1.50.
3. Letters are read by a censor. The rules that must be followed in writing the letter are provided on the website.
4. You can always track the status of your letter in your personal account on the site. Notifications are also sent to you via email.
5. In Mozhaysk, letters are delivered much faster than they were in Pechatniki — usually the same day.
6. To receive a response from Sveta, make sure to check the box “Pay for a response”. But remember, the response may not arrive for various reasons, including time constraints since Sveta works six days a week, eight hours a day.
7. Continue writing, even if you don't receive a response.
8. The website sometimes experiences slowdowns or failures, so it's better to type your message in a Word document or in your notes in order to avoid losing your text due to technical issues.