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Rupchev Maksym Anatoliiovych

Date of birth: April 18, 2000 (26 years old)
City of residence: Мелитополь
Occupation: журналистика
Form of repression:  pre-trial detention
Pursuit stage:  verdict delivered – appeal pending
Date of arrest:  January 1, 1
Sentence:  15 лет лишения свободы в колонии строгого режима
Date of sentencing:  November 13, 2025
Current location:  Remand Prison No. 2, Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia for Rostov Oblast
Lists of persecuted:  General list

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