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Задорожный Юрий Иванович

Date of birth: February 6, 1969 (57 years old)
Occupation: военная служба
Article of the Criminal Code:  205 ч. 2 para. «а» ; 205 ч. 2 para. «в»
Form of repression:  deprivation of liberty
Pursuit stage:  currently serving a sentence
Date of arrest:  January 1, 1
Sentence:  17 лет лишения свободы в колонии строгого режима, из них 4 года в тюрьме
Date of sentencing:  March 5, 2025
Current location:  Prison of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia for Krasnoyarsk Krai
Lists of persecuted:  General list

Zadorozhny Yuriy Ivanovich was born on February 6, 1969, a citizen of Ukraine, a resident of the Lviv region, a serviceman, a private in the 64th separate rifle battalion of the 44th separate mechanised brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, a rifleman, before the full-scale war he was a farmer.

On March 5, 2025, he was sentenced under subparagraphs "a" and "b" of Part 2 of Article 205 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("A terrorist act committed by a group of persons by prior conspiracy, which entailed grave consequences") to 17 years of imprisonment with the first 4 years to be served in prison, the rest of the term — in a strict regime colony.

Deprived of liberty (taken prisoner) September 10, 2024.

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