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Shaposhnikov Oleg Viktorovich

Date of birth: September 20, 1971 (54 years old)
citizenship: Россия
Occupation: без работы
Article of the Criminal Code:  280.3 ч. 1
Form of repression:  no prosecution
Pursuit stage:  end of prosecution
Sentence:  6 месяцев лишения свободы в колонии режима поселения
Date of sentencing:  September 16, 2024
Current location:  not in custody
Date of release:  March 17, 2025
Lists of persecuted:  Archive

Shaposhnikov Oleg Viktorovich, born in 1971, resident of Crimea.

On September 16, 2024, under Part 1 of Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("Public actions aimed at discrediting the use of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in order to protect the interests of the Russian Federation and its citizens, maintain international peace and security, committed by a person after he was brought to administrative responsibility for a similar act within one year", punishable by up to 3 years of imprisonment), he was sentenced to 1 year and 3 months of probation.

On November 14, 2024, the appellate court toughened the punishment and sentenced him to 6 months in a penal colony.