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Zharkov Oleh Volodymyrovych

Date of birth: December 21, 1971 (54 years old)
Occupation: военная служба
Article of the Criminal Code:  278 ; 205.5 ч. 2 ; 205.3
Form of repression:  pre-trial detention
Pursuit stage:  verdict delivered – appeal pending
Sentence:  13 лет 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

Zharkov Oleh Volodymyrovych, born December 21, 1971, citizen of Ukraine, married; he used to be a civilian worker in the Azov Regiment from 2018 to March 1, 2022, 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' imprisonment), Part 2 of Art. 205.5 ("Participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation", liable to up to 20 years' imprisonment) of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation.

Deprived of liberty since March 2022.

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