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Siruk Vadim Andreevich

Date of birth: February 20, 1989 (37 years old)
Article of the Criminal Code:  205.5 ч. 2 ; 278 (через ч. 1 ст. 30)
Form of repression:  deprivation of liberty
Pursuit stage:  currently serving a sentence
Date of arrest:  January 1, 1
Sentence:  12 лет лишения свободы в колонии строгого режима, 1 год ограничения свободы
Date of sentencing:  November 12, 2019
Current location:  Penal Colony No. 2, Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia for the Republic of Bashkortostan

Siruk Vadim Andreevich, born February 20, 1989. A resident of Yalta. Worked in trade. Married, has two children.

Sentenced to 12 years in a maximum security penal colony with restriction of freedom for a period of 1 year under Part 2 of Article 205.5 of the Russian Criminal Code ("Participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation"), Part 1 of Article 30, Article 278 of the Russian Criminal Code ("Preparation for the violent seizure of power").

In custody since February 11, 2016.