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Samoilov Sergei Nikolaevich

Date of birth: August 27, 1968 (57 years old)
Occupation: пассажирский транспорт
Article of the Criminal Code:  275
Form of repression:  deprivation of liberty
Pursuit stage:  currently serving a sentence
Sentence:  12 лет лишения свободы в колонии строгого режима, 1 год ограничения свободы, штраф 200.000 рублей
Date of sentencing:  June 4, 2025
Current location:  unknown

Samoilov Sergei Nikolaevich, born in 1968, a civil aviation pilot. On June 4, 2025, he was sentenced under Article 275 of the Russian Criminal Code (“High treason”) to 12 years of imprisonment in a strict-regime penal colony.

He has been deprived of liberty since no later than January 24, 2025.