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Puigin Maksim Viktorovich

Date of birth: December 17, 1988 (37 years old)
citizenship: Россия
Article of the Criminal Code:  205.5 ч. 2
Form of repression:  deprivation of liberty
Pursuit stage:  решение суда вступило в силу
Date of arrest:  September 6, 2016
Sentence:  11 лет лишения свободы в колонии строгого режима
Date of sentencing:  December 11, 2017
Current location:  Federal Prison, Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia for Uliyanovsk Oblast

Puigin Maksim Viktorovich, born December 17, 1988, lived in Salavat, secondary specialised education, has two young children to support, milling machine operator.

Under Part 2 of Article 205.5 of the Russian Criminal Code ("Participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation"), sentenced to 11 years in a strict regime penal colony.

In custody since September 6, 2016. Deprived of liberty in the absence of corpus delicti. The length of imprisonment is clearly disproportionate to the public danger of the convicted person.