Alexander Bakhtin
- Criminal Code
- Article 207.3 part 2 item d, Russian Criminal Code
- Case category
- Anti-war cases
- Verdict
- Ban on activity, Imprisonment (general regime)
- Sentence
- 6 years
- Date of verdict
- 2023-08-11
- Region
- Moscow Oblast
- City
- Mytishchi
- Facility
- ФКУ «ИК № 6 УФСИН по Московской области»
- Address for letters
- 140405 Московская область, г. Коломна, мкр. Колычево, Колычевский проезд д. 6, ФКУ «ИК № 6 УФСИН по Московской области», Бахтин Александр Сергеевич, 1971 г.р.
Recognition by human rights organisations
- Recognised as a political prisonerby Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, 14 June 2023
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Case summary
A resident of Mytishchi near Moscow. A case was opened against him for spreading deliberately false information about the Armed Forces. Bakhtin was taken into custody. On August 11th, 2023, he was sentenced to six years in a general regime colony.
Alexander Bakhtin suffers from bronchitis and heart failure.
Others charged under Article 207.3 part 2 item d, Russian Criminal Code
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