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Petriychuk Svetlana Aleksandrovna

Date of birth: April 22, 1980 (46 years old)
citizenship: Россия
Occupation: театр
Article of the Criminal Code:  205.2 ч. 2
Form of repression:  deprivation of liberty
Pursuit stage:  решение суда вступило в силу
Date of arrest:  January 1, 1
Sentence:  5 лет 10 месяцев лишения свободы в колонии общего режима
Date of sentencing:  July 8, 2024
Current location:  Penal Colony No. 5, Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia for Moscow Oblast
Lists of persecuted:  General list

Petriychuk Svetlana Aleksandrovna, born April 22, 1980, lived in Moscow, playwright, screenwriter, theater director and teacher. Laureate of the 2022 Golden Mask Award for the play "Finist the Clear Falcon". On July 8, 2024, under Part 2 of Art. 205.2 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("Public calls for terrorist activity, public justification of terrorism or propaganda of terrorism, using the media or the Internet", liable to up to 7 years in prison) she was sentenced to 6 years in a general regime penal colony.
Deprived of liberty since May 4, 2023.

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