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Nikolaev Angel Aleksandrovich

Date of birth: December 9, 1984 (41 years old)
citizenship: Россия
Occupation: член избирательной комиссии; кулинария и общепит; активизм
Form of repression:  deprivation of liberty
Pursuit stage:  решение суда вступило в силу
Date of arrest:  July 4, 2023
Sentence:  14 лет 10 месяцев лишения свободы в колонии строгого режима, из них 4 года в тюрьме
Date of sentencing:  May 3, 2024
Current location:  Prison No. 2, Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia for Krasnoyarsk Krai

Nikolaev Angel Aleksandrovich, born on December 9, 1984, resident of Khabarovsk, has higher education, worked as a chef.

On May 3, 2024, he was sentenced under paragraph "c" of Part 2 of Article 205 ("A terrorist act that resulted in significant property damage or other grave consequences"), Part 2 of Article 214 ("Vandalism committed for reasons of political hatred or enmity"), paragraph "b" of Part 1 of Article 213 ("Hooliganism committed for reasons of political hatred or enmity"), paragraph "b" of Part 2 of Article 244 ("Desecration of burial places committed for reasons of political hatred or enmity"), Article 329 ("Desecration of the State Flag of the Russian Federation") of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation to 15 years of imprisonment in a strict regime colony with the first 4 years to be served in prison. On September 11, 2024, the appellate court mitigated the sentence by two months, sentencing him to 14 years and 10 months of imprisonment in a strict regime colony with the first 4 years to be served in prison.

Deprived of his liberty since May 23, 2023.

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