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Zaitsev Valery Andreevich

Date of birth: November 1, 2008 (17 years old)
Occupation: учёба в школе
Article of the Criminal Code:  205.3 ; 205.5 ч. 2
Form of repression:  deprivation of liberty
Pursuit stage:  currently serving a sentence
Date of arrest:  January 1, 1
Sentence:  4 года 6 месяцев лишения свободы в воспитательной колонии
Date of sentencing:  August 16, 2024
Current location:  Birobidzhan Youth Detention Centre, Russian Federal Penitentiary Service for EAO

Zaitsev Valery Andreevich, born November 1, 2008, resident of the village of Solnechny, Khabarovsk Krai, high school student.

On August 16, 2024, he was sentenced under Art. 205.3 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("Undergoing training for the purpose of carrying out terrorist activities") and Part 2 of Art. 205.5 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("Participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation") to 4 years and 6 months of imprisonment in a correctional colony.

Deprived of liberty since October 12, 2023.

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