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Boyarshinov Andrei Vladimirovich

Date of birth: March 10, 1984 (42 years old)
citizenship: Россия
Occupation: активизм; экоактивизм; образование и педагогика
Article of the Criminal Code:  205.2 ч. 2
Form of repression:  deprivation of liberty
Pursuit stage:  решение суда вступило в силу
Date of arrest:  January 1, 1
Sentence:  5 лет лишения свободы в колонии общего режима
Date of sentencing:  May 7, 2024
Current location:  Penal Colony No. 2, Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia for the Republic of Tatarstan

Boyarshinov Andrei Vladimirovich, born March 10, 1984, lived in Kazan, has a PhD in biology, was a tutor, civil activist. On May 7, 2024, he was sentenced to 5 years in a general regime penal colony on charges of committing a crime under Part 2 of Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("Public calls for terrorist activity, public justification of terrorism or propaganda of terrorism committed using the media, including the Internet", liable to up to 7 years in prison).

Deprived of liberty since March 17, 2022.

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04 Oct, 2023 | 11:48

Andrei Boyarshinov from Kazan is a political prisoner