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Oleksandra Kazarovytska, co-founder of the Professional language school in Kharkiv, died in Russian custody after being arrested in Russia, according to Novaya Gazeta Europe's findings reported by Meduza. The outlet found that she did not die in occupied Crimea, where she had been said to be heading to visit her parents, and that earlier reports were inaccurate. Novaya Gazeta Europe found that she died in Vladikavkaz and was buried in Sevastopol on November 3, though how she entered Russian territory, where she was detained and which pretrial detention center held her remain unknown. Russian officials say she took her own life on October 24, a claim her family and friends reject, citing her Buddhist faith and a funeral attendee's account that she was found hanging in a private residence. Her friends say she had traveled to Crimea to renew Russian documents and was detained after a chat with a volunteer was found on her phone. Zmina, a Ukrainian human rights group, said her case is not the first of its kind.