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Opalnyk Petro Hryhorovych

Date of birth: October 13, 1978 (47 years old)
Form of repression:  deprivation of liberty
Pursuit stage:  currently serving a sentence
Sentence:  8 лет лишения свободы в колонии общего режима, 1 год ограничения свободы
Date of sentencing:  August 1, 2024
Current location:  Penal Colony No. 4, Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia for Tver Oblast

Opalnyk Petro Hryhorovych, born October 13, 1978 in the village of Kleban, Vinnytsia region of Ukraine, citizen of Ukraine and Russia, builder, house sales manager, resident of the city of Pestovo, Novgorod region. On August 1, 2024, he was sentenced under Art. 275.1 ("Confidential cooperation with a foreign state") and Part 3 of Art. 30, Part 3 of Art. 33, Art. 352.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("Attempted organization of voluntary surrender") to 8 years in a general regime colony.

Deprived of liberty since January 18, 2023.

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