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Dudka Volodymyr Mikhailovich

Date of birth: September 30, 1964 (61 years old)
citizenship: РоссияУкраина
Occupation: силовые ведомства
Form of repression:  deprivation of liberty
Pursuit stage:  решение суда вступило в силу
Date of arrest:  January 1, 1
Sentence:  14 лет лишения свободы в колонии строгого режима, штраф 350.000 рублей
Date of sentencing:  April 4, 2019
Current location:  Penal Colony No. 11, Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia for Stavropol Krai
Lists of persecuted:  General list

Dudka Volodymyr Mikhailovich, born September 30, 1964 in Sumy, Ukrainian SSR, a resident of Sevastopol, a citizen of Ukraine and Russia, graduated from the radio intelligence department of the Kaliningrad Higher Naval School, served as an officer in the USSR Navy, and then in the Ukrainian Navy in Crimea. Since 2011, he worked as a safety engineer in the demining unit of the battlefields of World War II of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Ukraine, since 2014 in the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Russian Federation. Divorced.

Sentenced to 14 years in a strict regime penal colony and a fine of 350 thousand roubles (~€3750) under Part 1 of Article 30, paragraph a) of Part 2 of Article 281 ("Preparation for sabotage as part of an organised group"), Part 3 of Article 222.1 ("Illegal acquisition, storage of explosive substances or devices committed by an organised group") of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation.

In custody since November 9, 2016.