Malva Noyivna Landa[a] (4 August 1918 – 3 July 2019) was a Ukrainian-born Soviet-Russian dissident, publicist, and geologist.

Her mother was a high school teacher, and her father was a professor of animal husbandry at a veterinary institute.

She joined the Helsinki Group to more effectively expose the situation of human rights in the Soviet Union.

[5] On 26 March 1980, Landa was sentenced to five years exile under article 190-1 of the Russian SFSR criminal code, which banned the dissemination of false fabrications defaming the Soviet state and social system.

[1] Following the dissolution of the Soviet Union, Landa continued to participate in political activities in Russia, particularly criticising the Chechen–Russian conflict and President Vladimir Putin.