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Volsky Aleksei Pavlovich

Date of birth: May 8, 2002 (24 years old)
Article of the Criminal Code:  280 ч. 2 ; 207.3 ч. 2 para. «д»
Form of repression:  compulsory psychiatric treatment (inpatient)
Pursuit stage:  currently serving a sentence
Date of arrest:  January 1, 1
Sentence:  принудительное лечение
Date of sentencing:  May 14, 2024
Current location:  State Budgetary Healthcare Institution Nizhny Novgorod Oblast 'Nizhny Novgorod Oblast Psychoneurological Hospital No. 3'

Volsky Aleksei Pavlovich, born May 8, 2002, resident of Nizhny Novgorod, he is a person with disabilities (Group 2).

Accused under Part 1 of Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("Public dissemination of knowingly false information under the guise of reliable messages containing data on the use of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation ...", liable to up to 5 years in prison). He was under house arrest from July 13 to October 3, 2023, when the preventive measure was changed to a written undertaking not to leave the city.

In September 2023, he was also accused under Part 2 of Article 280 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("Public calls for extremist activity on the Internet", liable to up to 5 years in prison). On December 22, 2023, the court ordered compulsory psychiatric treatment in a hospital as a preventive measure.

On May 14, 2024, the court released him from punishment and ordered compulsory medical measures in a specialised hospital.