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Buhar Vladyslav Volodymyrovych

Date of birth: November 29, 2004 (21 years old)
citizenship: Украина
City of residence: с. Орлянка (Запорожская область Украины)
Article of the Criminal Code:  205.1 ч. 1.1
Pursuit stage:  решение суда вступило в силу
Date of arrest:  July 24, 2024
Sentence:  9 лет лишения свободы в колонии строгого режима, из них 3 года в тюрьме
Date of sentencing:  July 10, 2025
Current location:  Prison No. 2, Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia for Lipetsk Oblast
Hobbies: Животные обычные и необычные (пауки, змеи, рептилии). Литература – фантастика.
Lists of persecuted:  General list

Vladyslav Buhar is a Ukrainian citizen and a resident of the occupied Zaporizhzhia oblast. According to available information, Russian security forces kidnapped him in July 2024, but Buhar was not formally charged until January 2025. Investigators believe the young man transferred 5,000 hryvnias (approximately 12,000 rubles) to the Ukrainian military unit Azov. He was sentenced to 9 years on charges of financing terrorism.