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Rudoy Nikolay Maksimovich

Date of birth: December 19, 2002 (23 years old)
citizenship: Россия
City of residence: Odintsovo
Article of the Criminal Code:  205.2 ч. 2
Form of repression:  pre-trial detention
Pursuit stage:  verdict delivered – appeal pending
Sentence:  3 года лишения свободы в колонии общего режима
Date of sentencing:  March 3, 2026
Current location:  unknown

According to law enforcement, in June 2025, Nikolay Rudoy posted a comment on YouTube expressing gratitude to the Russian Volunteer Corps. On September 30, 2025, the young man was remanded in custody on charges of publicly justifying terrorism. On March 2, 2026, the court sentenced him to 3 years in a general-regime penal colony.