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Ledkov Konstantin Valerievich

Date of birth: December 16, 1992 (33 years old)
City of residence: пос. Красное
Occupation: литература
Article of the Criminal Code:  280.3 ч. 1 ; 280.4 ч. 2 para. «в» ; 282.4 ч. 1
Form of repression:  pre-trial detention
Pursuit stage:  verdict delivered – appeal pending
Date of arrest:  January 1, 1
Sentence:  5 лет 6 месяцев лишения свободы в колонии общего режима
Date of sentencing:  May 29, 2025
Current location:  Penal Colony No. 14, Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia for Arkhangelsk Oblast

Ledkov Konstantin Valerievich, born on December 16, 1992, a citizen of Russia, a resident of the village of Krasnoye, Zapolyarny District, Nenets Autonomous Okrug, worked as a librarian.

On May 29, 2025, he was sentenced under Part 1 of Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("Public actions aimed at discrediting the use of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, committed by a person after they were brought to administrative responsibility for a similar act within one year"), paragraph "c" of Part 2 of Article 280.4 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("Public calls for the implementation of activities directed against the security of the Russian Federation, committed using the Internet") and Part 1 of Article 282.4 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("Propaganda of Nazi symbols by a person previously brought to administrative responsibility") to 5 years and 6 months of imprisonment in a general regime penal colony.

Deprived of liberty since June 26, 2024.

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02 Jul, 2025 | 13:46

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