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Sorokin Dmitry Valeryevich

Date of birth: December 18, 1968 (57 years old)
citizenship: Россия
City of residence: Saint Petersburg
Occupation: рабочие профессии
Article of the Criminal Code:  280 ч. 2 ; 207.3 ч. 2 para. «д» ; 205.2 ч. 2
Pursuit stage:  решение суда вступило в силу
Date of arrest:  April 24, 2024
Sentence:  8 лет лишения свободы в колонии общего режима
Date of sentencing:  October 17, 2025
Current location:  Penal Colony No. 5, Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia for Leningrad Oblast

Dmitry Sorokin, a native of the Murmansk oblast, was arrested in St. Petersburg in April 2024 and sent to pretrial detention. The criminal prosecution stemmed from posts on his VK page from 2022–2023. The prosecution accused him of inciting extremism, spreading 'fake news' about the army, and justifying terrorism through posts about the war against Ukraine. Sorokin pleaded not guilty, explaining that he had copied the texts for his personal archive, and his page had already been blocked in Russia by that time. However, FSB operatives accessed the posts using a VPN service and recorded views and reactions from other users. The court sentenced Sorokin to eight years in a general regime penal colony.

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28 Jul, 2026 | 11:01

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