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Blagodatskikh Ivan Andreevich

Date of birth: April 13, 2004 (22 years old)
citizenship: Россия
City of residence: Rostov-on-Don
Occupation: студенчество
Form of repression:  pre-trial detention
Pursuit stage:  verdict delivered – appeal pending
Date of arrest:  January 3, 2023
Sentence:  9 лет лишения свободы в колонии строгого режима, из них 3 года в тюрьме, 1 год ограничения свободы
Date of sentencing:  April 24, 2026
Current location:  Remand Prison No. 3, Russian Federal Penitentiary Service for Rostov Oblast

Blagodatskikh Ivan Andreevich — a student at the Institute of Management, Business, and Law, a third-year college student at the time of his arrest. He was found guilty of attempted terrorist attack and incitement to terrorist activity for plotting to set fire to a military registration and enlistment office. He was sentenced to 9 years.