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Lugovoi Andrei Vadimovich

Lugovoi Andrei Vadimovich, born May 7, 1992, resident of Pionersky, Kaliningrad Oblast.

On September 19, under paragraph "d" of Part 2 of Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("Public dissemination of knowingly false information about the use of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation motivated by political hatred", liable to up to 10 years' imprisonment), he was sentenced to 6 years in a general regime penal colony.

In custody since December 26, 2023.