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Zotova Valeriya Igorevna

Date of birth: September 4, 2003 (22 years old)
Article of the Criminal Code:  205 ч. 1 (через ч. 3 ст. 30)
Form of repression:  deprivation of liberty
Pursuit stage:  currently serving a sentence
Sentence:  6 лет лишения свободы в колонии общего режима
Date of sentencing:  June 28, 2023
Current location:  Penal Colony No. 3, Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia for Kostroma Oblast ; otryad № 3

Zotova Valeriya Igorevna, born September 4, 2003, resident of Yaroslavl, general worker in the warehouse of the Magnit store.

On June 28, 2023, she was sentenced to 6 years in a general regime penal colony under Part 3 of Art. 30, Part 1 of Art. 205 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("Attempted terrorist act").

Deprived of liberty since February 17, 2023.