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Ashcheulov Ioann Igorevich

Date of birth: January 4, 2000 (26 years old)
citizenship: Россия
Occupation: студенчество; наука
Form of repression:  deprivation of liberty
Pursuit stage:  verdict delivered – appeal pending
Sentence:  17 лет 6 месяцев лишения свободы в колонии строгого режима, из них 3 года в тюрьме
Date of sentencing:  July 3, 2024
Current location:  Prison No. 2, Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia for Krasnoyarsk Krai

Ashcheulov Ioann Igorevich, born on January 4, 2000, a citizen of Russia, a resident of Minsk, Republic of Belarus, a master's student, a junior research fellow at the Institute of Physics.

On July 3, 2024, he was sentenced under Part 3 of Art. 30, Art. 275 ("Attempted treason"), Part 3 of Art. 30, Part 2 of Art. 205.5 ("Attempted participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation") and Part 3 of Art. 30, Part 3 of Art. 322 ("Attempted illegal crossing of the state border of the Russian Federation by a group of persons by prior conspiracy") of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation to 17 years and 6 months of imprisonment, with the first 3 years to be served in prison, and the rest of the term in a strict regime colony.

Deprived of liberty since July 24, 2023.

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