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Moskalyov Viktor Yurievich

Date of birth: April 2, 1972 (54 years old)
citizenship: Россия
Occupation: наука
Article of the Criminal Code:  207.3 ч. 2 para. «д»
Form of repression:  compulsory psychiatric treatment (inpatient)
Pursuit stage:  решение суда вступило в силу
Date of arrest:  March 28, 2023
Date of sentencing:  December 14, 2023
Current location:  psychiatric hospital

Moskalyov Viktor Yurievich, born April 2, 1972, lives in Moscow, works as Deputy Executive Director of the Scientific and Technological Center of the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT).

He is 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 based on political hatred", liable to up to 10 years in prison).

Deprived of liberty since March 28, 2023, in custody. In June 2023, he was sent for compulsory psychiatric treatment.