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Babych Oleksandr Volodymyrovych

Date of birth: June 9, 1968 (58 years old)
citizenship: Украина
City of residence: Голая Пристань
Occupation: политика
Article of the Criminal Code:  неизвестно
Pursuit stage:  unknown
Date of arrest:  March 28, 2022
Current location:  Remand Prison No. 2, Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia for Rostov Oblast
Lists of persecuted:  General list

Oleksandr Babych is a citizen of Ukraine and the mayor of the Ukrainian city of Hola Prystan in the Kherson region. On 28 March 2022, he was abducted by Russian military personnel and has been held in detention without charge ever since.