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Kovtonyuk Sergei Nikolaevich

Date of birth: July 22, 1989 (36 years old)
Occupation: рабочие профессии
Article of the Criminal Code:  205.2 ч. 2
Form of repression:  deprivation of liberty
Pursuit stage:  решение суда вступило в силу
Sentence:  3 года лишения свободы в колонии общего режима
Date of sentencing:  August 7, 2024
Current location:  Penal Colony No. 5, Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia for Kirov Oblast

Kovtonyuk Sergei Nikolaevich, born July 22, 1989, citizen of Russia, resident of the city of Kola, Murmansk Oblast, car service employee, married, father of a minor child.

On August 7, 2024, he was sentenced under Part 2 of Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("Public justification of terrorism committed using the media or information and telecommunications networks, including the Internet") to 3 years of imprisonment in a general regime penal colony.

Deprived of liberty since March 2024.

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