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Skobov Aleksandr Valerievich

Date of birth: November 4, 1957 (68 years old)
citizenship: Россия
City of residence: Saint Petersburg
Occupation: публицистика; образование и педагогика
Article of the Criminal Code:  205.2 ч. 2 ; 205.4 ч. 2
Form of repression:  deprivation of liberty
Pursuit stage:  решение суда вступило в силу
Date of arrest:  April 2, 2024
Sentence:  16 лет лишения свободы в колонии строгого режима, из них 3 года в тюрьме, штраф 300.000 рублей
Date of sentencing:  March 21, 2025
Current location:  Prison No. 2, Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia for Lipetsk Oblast

On April 2, 2024, 66-year-old former dissident Aleksandr Skobov was detained and placed in a pre-trial detention center, despite suffering from serious chronic illnesses and having an elderly mother in his care. He was initially charged with publicly justifying and calling for terrorism on his Telegram channel. Investigators later expanded the case to include a charge of participation in a terrorist organization due to his involvement with the "Free Russia Forum." Skobov denied the charges, maintaining that his activities constituted a deliberate form of resistance against the current Russian regime amidst the war. The court sentenced him to 16 years of imprisonment.

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