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Novak Nika Aleksandrovna

Date of birth: July 15, 1992 (33 years old)
Occupation: журналистика; НКО
Article of the Criminal Code:  275.1
Form of repression:  deprivation of liberty
Pursuit stage:  currently serving a sentence
Date of arrest:  January 1, 1
Sentence:  4 года лишения свободы в колонии общего режима
Date of sentencing:  November 26, 2024
Current location:  Penal Colony No. 11, Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia for Irkutsk Oblast

Novak Nika Aleksandrovna, born July 14, 1992, lives in Chita (Zabaykalsky Krai), journalist, poetess, lawyer by education. On November 26, 2024, under Art. 275.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("Cooperation on a confidential basis with a foreign state, international or foreign organisation", liable to up to 8 years in prison), she was sentenced to 4 years in a general regime penal colony.

Deprived of liberty no later than December 24, 2023.

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