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Drakunov Aleksandr Sergeevich

Date of birth: October 25, 1987 (38 years old)
citizenship: Россия
City of residence: Ust-Ilimsk
Article of the Criminal Code:  205.2 ч. 2
Pursuit stage:  решение суда вступило в силу
Date of arrest:  February 28, 2024
Sentence:  5 лет лишения свободы в колонии общего режима
Date of sentencing:  October 23, 2024
Current location:  Penal Colony No. 14, Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia for Irkutsk Oblast

Aleksandr Drakunov, a resident of Ust-Ilimsk, has been sentenced to 5 years for two comments posted on Odnoklassniki in 2023 that allegedly endorsed the shooting of a military enlistment officer by his fellow townsman, Ruslan Zinin, following the announcement of mobilization. Law enforcement authorities deemed the posts a public justification of terrorism.