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Tsoi Ivan Radionovich

Date of birth: June 28, 1986 (40 years old)
citizenship: Россия
City of residence: д. Иваново
Occupation: наука; инженерия
Article of the Criminal Code:  205.2 ч. 2
Pursuit stage:  verdict delivered – appeal pending
Sentence:  3 года лишения свободы в колонии общего режима
Date of sentencing:  July 16, 2026
Current location:  unknown

Ivan Tsoi, a resident of the village of Ivanovo in the Petushinsky District of the Vladimir oblast, is an employee at a research center for virology and microbiology. He has been sentenced to 3 years over a comment he posted on Telegram 4 years ago. Experts brought in by the investigation identified signs of "justification of terrorism" in his comment regarding the attack on the Crimean Bridge, which was carried out by the SBU on October 8, 2022. It is not known when he was detained.