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Liptser Aleksei Evgenievich

Date of birth: December 12, 1986 (39 years old)
Occupation: адвокатура
Article of the Criminal Code:  282.1 ч. 2
Form of repression:  deprivation of liberty
Pursuit stage:  currently serving a sentence
Sentence:  5 лет лишения свободы в колонии общего режима
Date of sentencing:  January 17, 2025
Current location:  Penal colony No. 35, Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia for the Republic of Khakassia
Lists of persecuted:  General list

Liptser Aleksei Evgenievich, born December 12, 1986, lived in Moscow, married, has a young child, worked as a lawyer.

On January 17, 2025, under Part 2 of Article 282.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("Participation in an extremist organisation", liable to up to 6 years' imprisonment) in connection with his participation in an allegedly extremist organisation created by Aleksei Navalny, which, according to investigators, consisted of transmitting information from him from the penal colony, was sentenced to 5 years in prison.

He has been in custody since October 13, 2023.

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