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Feldman Mikhail Valerievich

Date of birth: July 8, 1971 (54 years old)
Occupation: журналистика; активизм
Form of repression:  no prosecution
Pursuit stage:  end of prosecution
Date of arrest:  May 8, 2023
Sentence:  2 года лишения свободы в колонии общего режима
Date of sentencing:  March 28, 2024
Current location:  not in custody
Date of release:  June 4, 2025
Lists of persecuted:  Archive

Feldman Mikhail Valerievich, born July 8, 1971, citizen of the Russian Federation, lives in Kaliningrad, married, journalist, civil activist.

On June 17, 2015, on charges of committing crimes under Part 2 of Art. 213 ("Hooliganism motivated by political hatred or enmity by a group of persons by prior conspiracy") and Part 1 of Art. 222 ("Illegal storage of explosives") of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, he was sentenced to 1 year, 1 month and 23 days in a general regime penal colony. He was deprived of liberty from March 11, 2014 to June 17, 2015, released in the courtroom.

In 2020-2021, he was convicted twice under Art. 329 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("Desecration of the flag of the Russian Federation"). On May 8, 2023, he became a defendant in a new criminal case; on March 28, 2024, he was sentenced under Part 1 of Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("Public discrediting of the use of the RF Armed Forces") to 2 years in a general regime penal colony.

Was deprived of liberty since March 7, 2024 to June 5, 2025.

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