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Bushtet Denis Vladimirovich

Date of birth: August 12, 1982 (43 years old)
City of residence: Spassk-Dalny
Occupation: зоозащита; юриспруденция; религия
Article of the Criminal Code:  275
Form of repression:  deprivation of liberty
Pursuit stage:  решение суда вступило в силу
Sentence:  13 лет лишения свободы в колонии строгого режима
Date of sentencing:  March 27, 2025
Current location:  Penal Colony No. 1, Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia for the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia)

Denis Bushtet is a resident of Spassk-Dalny in Primorsky Krai, a lawyer, a member of the Cossack movement, an organizer of Slavic Native Faith round dances, an animal volunteer, and the father of two adopted children. He was arrested in November 2023 and charged with treason for privately messaging a Ukrainian acquaintance about two volunteers who had gone to Ukraine to fight on the Russian side. On March 27, 2025, Bushtet was sentenced to 13 years in a maximum-security penal colony.

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Denis Bushtet is a political prisoner