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Sidorov Aleksei Sergeevich

Date of birth: May 18, 1982 (44 years old)
Occupation: блогинг
Article of the Criminal Code:  205.2 ч. 2
Form of repression:  no prosecution
Pursuit stage:  end of prosecution
Date of arrest:  May 10, 2023
Sentence:  2 года 6 месяцев лишения свободы в колонии общего режима
Date of sentencing:  April 22, 2024
Current location:  not in custody
Date of release:  November 7, 2025
Lists of persecuted:  Archive

Sidorov Aleksei Sergeevich, born May 18, 1982, resident of Chelyabinsk, YouTube blogger, was engaged in apartment renovation. Not married, has a young child. On April 22, 2024, on charges of committing a crime under Part 2 of Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("Public calls for terrorism on the Internet", liable to up to 7 years in prison), he was sentenced to 2.5 years in a general regime penal colony. He was deprived of liberty from May 10, 2023 to November 7, 2025, and served his sentence.