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Cheldiev Vadim Kazbekovich

Date of birth: December 4, 1981 (44 years old)
citizenship: Россия
Occupation: активизм; театр; искусство и творчество
Article of the Criminal Code:  207.1 ; 318 ч. 1 ; 212 ч. 1 ; 280 ч. 2
Form of repression:  deprivation of liberty
Pursuit stage:  решение суда вступило в силу
Sentence:  10 лет лишения свободы в колонии строгого режима
Date of sentencing:  July 19, 2022
Current location:  Penal Colony No. 4, Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia for Penza Oblast
Lists of persecuted:  General list

Cheldiev Vadim Kazbekovich, born December 4, 1981, lived in the cities of Vladikavkaz and St. Petersburg. Married, raising a young child. Opera singer, soloist of the Mariinsky Theater, Honored Artist of North Ossetia. On charges of committing crimes under Part 1 of Article 212 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("organisation of mass riots"), Part 2 of Article 280 ("Public calls for extremist activity"), Article 207.1 ("Public dissemination of knowingly false information about circumstances that pose a threat to the life and safety of citizens"), Part 1 of Article 318 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("Use of violence against a government official"), sentenced to 10 years of imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony.
He has been in custody since April 17, 2020.

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