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Belousov Oleg Vasilievich

Date of birth: July 7, 1967 (58 years old)
citizenship: Россия
Article of the Criminal Code:  280 ч. 2 ; 207.3 ч. 2 para. «д»
Form of repression:  deprivation of liberty
Pursuit stage:  решение суда вступило в силу
Sentence:  5 лет 5 месяцев лишения свободы в колонии общего режима
Date of sentencing:  March 29, 2023
Current location:  Penal Colony No. 5, Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia for Kirov Oblast

Belousov Oleg Vasilievich, born July 7, 1967. Resident of St. Petersburg. A widower, he has a disability himself and has an adult son with a mental disability dependent on him. He was sentenced to 5.5 years in a general regime penal colony on charges of committing a crime under paragraph "d" of Part 2 of Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("Public dissemination of knowingly false information about the use of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, the exercise of powers by state bodies of the Russian Federation abroad based on political hatred or enmity", liable to up to 10 years in prison). The appellate court upheld the sentence.

He has been in custody since June 27, 2022.