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Levakov Viktor Evgenievich

Date of birth: August 14, 1966 (59 years old)
citizenship: Россия
Article of the Criminal Code:  282.3 ч. 1
Form of repression:  deprivation of liberty
Pursuit stage:  решение суда вступило в силу
Sentence:  3 года 6 месяцев лишения свободы в колонии общего режима
Date of sentencing:  February 25, 2025
Current location:  Penal Colony No. 6, Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia for Moscow Oblast
Lists of persecuted:  General list

Levakov Viktor Evgenievich, born August 14, 1966, resident of Moscow, civil activist, volunteer of the "Nemtsov Bridge". On February 25, 2025, he was sentenced to 3 years and 6 months in a general regime penal colony under Part 1 of Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("Financing of extremist activity", liable to up to 8 years in prison).

Deprived of liberty since August 22, 2024, was under house arrest until February 25, 2025, when he was taken into custody.