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Menshikh Olga Sergeevna

Date of birth: November 27, 1964 (61 years old)
citizenship:  Россия
Occupation: медицина; активизм
Article of the Criminal Code:  207.3 ч. 2 para. «д»
Form of repression:  deprivation of liberty
Pursuit stage:  решение суда вступило в силу
Date of arrest:  January 1, 1
Sentence:  8 лет лишения свободы в колонии общего режима
Date of sentencing:  October 3, 2024
Current location:  Penal Colony No. 3, Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia for Kostroma Oblast

Menshikh Olga Sergeevna, born November 27, 1964, resident of Moscow, citizen of the Russian Federation, nurse, civil activist.

Accused of committing a crime under paragraph "d" of Part 2 of Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("Public dissemination, under the guise of reliable messages, of knowingly false information containing data on the use of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, in order to protect the interests of the Russian Federation and its citizens, maintain international peace and security, motivated by political hatred", liable to up to 10 years in prison).

She had been under house arrest since April 9, 2024 to September 12, 2024, when she was taken into custody.

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