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Skripkin Dmitrii Andreevich

Date of birth: September 12, 2008 (18 years old)
citizenship: Россия
City of residence: г. Белово (Кемеровская область – Кузбасс)
Occupation: студент/ка
Article of the Criminal Code:  205.1 ч. 1.1
Pursuit stage:  verdict delivered – appeal pending
Sentence:  4 года лишения свободы в воспитательной колонии
Date of sentencing:  July 9, 2026
Current location:  unknown

Dmitrii Skripkin, a 17-year-old medical college student from Kuzbass, was placed under house arrest in March 2026 on charges of financing terrorist activity: he had allegedly posted paid reactions to Telegram posts by a Ukrainian military unit designated as a terrorist organization in Russia. The court sentenced the young man to 4 years in a juvenile correctional colony; he was likely taken into custody following the verdict.