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Shchus Aleksei Vasilyevich

Date of birth: April 12, 1978 (48 years old)
City of residence: Sochi
Occupation: инженерия
Article of the Criminal Code:  207.3 ч. 2 para. «д» ; 223 ч. 4
Form of repression:  deprivation of liberty
Pursuit stage:  currently serving a sentence
Sentence:  5 лет 6 месяцев лишения свободы в колонии общего режима
Date of sentencing:  January 17, 2025
Current location:  Penal Colony No. 9, Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia for Krasnodar Krai

Shchus Aleksey Vasilyevich, born April 12, 1978, citizen of the Russian Federation, resident of Sochi, engineer, married, has a minor daughter.

On January 17, 2025, he was sentenced under paragraph "d" of Part 2 of Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("Public dissemination of knowingly false information about the use of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation motivated by political hatred") and Part 4 of Article 223 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("Illegal manufacture of throwing weapons") to 5 years and 6 months of imprisonment in a general regime colony.

Deprived of liberty since August 15, 2024.

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18 Jul, 2025 | 12:18

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