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Sapozhnikov Igor Valentinovich

Date of birth: July 22, 1973 (52 years old)
citizenship: Россия
Article of the Criminal Code:  280.4 ч. 2 para. «в» ; 205.2 ч. 2
Form of repression:  deprivation of liberty
Pursuit stage:  решение суда вступило в силу
Date of arrest:  June 25, 2024
Sentence:  4 года 6 месяцев лишения свободы в колонии общего режима; 6 лет 6 месяцев лишения свободы, режим неизвестен
Date of sentencing:  November 6, 2024
Current location:  Penal Colony No. 4, Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia for Tver Oblast

Sapozhnikov Igor Valentinovich, born July 22, 1973, is a citizen of the Russian Federation and a resident of Aleksin, Tula Oblast.

The court found that between 23 May 2023 and 31 March 2024, Sapozhnikov posted five reposts on his Facebook page calling for various forms of assistance to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. On November 6, 2024, he was sentenced under paragraph "c" of Part 2 of Article 280.4 of the Russian Criminal Code ("Public calls to engage in activities directed against state security using the internet") to 4 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony. On January 30, 2025, the appellate court increased his sentence to 4 years and 6 months' imprisonment.

He has been imprisoned since June 25, 2024.

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18 Sep, 2025 | 11:54

Igor Sapozhnikov is a political prisoner