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Vyhovskyi Artem Oleksandrovych

Date of birth: June 18, 1990 (35 years old)
Occupation: военная служба
Article of the Criminal Code:  205.3 ; 205.4 ч. 2
Form of repression:  no prosecution
Pursuit stage:  end of prosecution
Sentence:  19 лет лишения свободы в колонии строгого режима
Date of sentencing:  August 12, 2024
Current location:  not in custody
Date of release:  July 4, 2025
Lists of persecuted:  Archive

Artem Oleksandrovych Vyhovskyi was born on June 10, 1990. He is a citizen of Ukraine and served in the separate special-purpose unit "Azov" with the military rank of junior sergeant. On August 12, 2024, he was sentenced under Part 2 of Article 205.4 ("Participation in a terrorist community") and Article 205.3 ("Undergoing training for the purpose of carrying out terrorist activities") of the Russian Criminal Code to 19 years in a strict-regime penal colony. He was presumably captured on May 20, 2022. On July 4, 2025, he was released as part of a prisoner exchange.

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