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Zhuravel Nikita Sergeevich

Date of birth: January 25, 2004 (22 years old)
citizenship:  Россия
Occupation: студенчество
Article of the Criminal Code:  148 ч. 2 ; 213 ч. 2 ; 275
Form of repression:  deprivation of liberty
Pursuit stage:  решение суда вступило в силу
Date of arrest:  January 1, 1
Sentence:  13 лет 6 месяцев лишения свободы в колонии строгого режима
Date of sentencing:  February 27, 2024 ; November 25, 2024
Current location:  Penal Сolony No. 2, Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia for Uliyanovsk Oblast

Zhuravel Nikita Sergeevich, born January 25, 2004 in Sevastopol. At the time of his arrest, he lived in Volgograd. He is a graduate of the Nakhimov Naval School branch in Sevastopol and a student at the Volgograd Social and Pedagogical University. He worked part-time as a food delivery man. He was charged with committing crimes under Part 2 of Article 148 ("Public insult to the religious feelings of believers in places of worship", liable to up to 3 years' imprisonment) and Part 2 of Article 213 ("Hooliganism by a group of persons by prior conspiracy motivated by religious hatred", liable to up to 7 years' imprisonment) of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation and was sentenced to 3.5 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony.

On November 25, 2024, he was sentenced to 13 years and 6 months in prison. He has been in custody since May 20, 2023.