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Pogosyan Ruben Razmikovich

Date of birth: November 15, 1972 (53 years old)
citizenship: Россия
Article of the Criminal Code:  207.3 ч. 2 para. «д»
Form of repression:  deprivation of liberty
Pursuit stage:  решение суда вступило в силу
Sentence:  6 лет лишения свободы в колонии строгого режима
Date of sentencing:  February 29, 2024
Current location:  Penal Colony No. 1, Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia for the Republic of Karelia

Pogosyan Ruben Razmikovich, born November 15, 1972, resident of Karelia. Previously convicted, according to media reports, for robbery, released in January 2017. On February 29, 2024, sentenced under paragraph "d" of Part 2 of Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("Public dissemination of knowingly false information about the use of the RF Armed Forces based on political hatred") to 6 years in a strict regime penal colony. The appellate court upheld the sentence.
Deprived of liberty since February 29, 2024.