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Memetshaev Artur Alievich

Date of birth: July 8, 1989 (36 years old)
Article of the Criminal Code:  208 ч. 2
Form of repression:  deprivation of liberty
Pursuit stage:  currently serving a sentence
Sentence:  6 лет 5 месяцев лишения свободы в колонии строгого режима, из них 1 год в тюрьме
Date of sentencing:  October 12, 2022
Current location:  Penal Colony No. 4, Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia for Penza Oblast
Lists of persecuted:  General list

Memetshaev Artur Alievich, born July 8, 1989, Crimean Tatar, resident of Genichesk, Kherson region of Ukraine. No information on citizenship. Married, father of five minor children. In 2007, he was convicted under Art. 185 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine ("Theft") and Art. 187 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine ("Robbery"). He was released in 2014.

On October 12, 2022, he was sentenced to 6 years and 5 months in a strict regime penal colony with the first year served in prison under Part 2 of Art. 208 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("Participation on the territory of a foreign state in an armed formation not provided for by the legislation of this state, for purposes contrary to the interests of the Russian Federation").

Deprived of liberty since April 11, 2022.