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Ivanov Oleg Vasilyevich

Date of birth: March 30, 1977 (49 years old)
citizenship: Россия
City of residence: посёлок Пушкинские Горы (Псковская область)
Article of the Criminal Code:  280 ч. 2 ; 205.2 ч. 2
Pursuit stage:  решение суда вступило в силу
Sentence:  6 лет лишения свободы в колонии строгого режима
Date of sentencing:  May 5, 2026
Current location:  (presumed address) ; Remand Prison No. 1, Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia for Pskov Oblast

Oleg Ivanov, a resident of the village of Pushkinskiye Gory in the Pskov oblast, was sent to pretrial detention on November 19, 2025, for comments he made on VK. Security officials deemed them calls for extremist and terrorist activity: to overthrow the government, shoot police officers, and hang Putin. The court sentenced Ivanov to 6years in prison.