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Pykhteev Andrei Yurievich

Date of birth: July 13, 1988 (37 years old)
citizenship: Россия
Article of the Criminal Code:  205.2 ч. 2
Form of repression:  deprivation of liberty
Pursuit stage:  verdict delivered – appeal pending
Sentence:  3 года лишения свободы в колонии общего режима
Date of sentencing:  February 27, 2024
Current location:  unknown

Pykhteev Andrei Yurievich, born July 13, 1988, Russian citizen, resident of the Irkutsk region, higher education, worked as a technologist at Russian Railways. On February 27, 2024, he was sentenced under Part 2 of Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("Justification of terrorism committed using the Internet") to 3 years in a general regime penal colony.
Deprived of liberty, probably no later than February 27, 2024.