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Petukhov Zakhar Aleksandrovich

Date of birth: February 21, 1997 (29 years old)
Article of the Criminal Code:  207.3 ч. 1
Form of repression:  forced labor
Pursuit stage:  currently serving a sentence
Sentence:  2 года принудительных работ
Date of sentencing:  May 27, 2025
Current location:  unknown

Petukhov Zakhar Aleksandrovich, born February 21, 1997, resident of Obninsk, Kaluga Oblast.

On May 27, 2025, he was sentenced under Part 1 of Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (“Public dissemination of knowingly false information about the use of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation”) to 2 years of compulsory work. 

Deprived of liberty since March 2025.