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Tyshkul Oleh Mykolayovych

Date of birth: March 27, 1969 (57 years old)
citizenship: Украина
Occupation: военная служба
Article of the Criminal Code:  278 ; 205.5 ч. 1 ; 205.3
Form of repression:  pre-trial detention
Pursuit stage:  verdict delivered – appeal pending
Date of arrest:  April 4, 2022
Sentence:  22 года лишения свободы в колонии строгого режима
Date of sentencing:  March 26, 2025
Current location:  Remand Prison No. 3, Russian Federal Penitentiary Service for Rostov Oblast
Lists of persecuted:  General list

Tyshkul Oleh Mykolayovych, born March 27, 1969, citizen of Ukraine; from 2015 until his dismissal on July 23, 2021, he served in the Azov special forces regiment as an instructor (driver-mechanic) of a special forces company and in other positions with the military rank of lieutenant.

Accused under Part 4 of Art. 35, Art. 278 ("Commission by a criminal organisation of actions aimed at the violent seizure of power and the violent change of the constitutional order of the Russian Federation", liable to up to 20 years in prison), Part 1 of Art. 205.5 ("organisation of the activities of a terrorist organisation", liable to up to life imprisonment), Art. 205.3 ("Undergoing training for the purpose of carrying out terrorist activities", liable to up to life imprisonment) of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation.

Deprived of liberty since April 4, 2022.

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