Ivan Bezlepkin
- Criminal Code
- Article 205.4 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
- Case category
- Terrorism cases
- Verdict
- Imprisonment (general regime)
- Sentence
- 5 years 10 months
- Date of verdict
- 2025-02-11
- Facility
- ФКУ «ИК № 20 УФСИН России по Вологодской области»
- Address for letters
- 162840, Вологодская область, г. Устюжна, ул. Карла Маркса, д. 57, ИК-20, ФКУ «ИК № 20 УФСИН России по Вологодской области», Безлепкин Иван Владимирович, 1987 г.р.
Case summary
He was born in Russia’s Rostov Region and worked in Ukraine’s Donetsk Region. Bezlepkin was charged with participation in the activities of a terrorist organization and placed in pretrial detention. According to investigators, he took part in combat operations against civilians and servicemen of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) while serving with the Donbass–Ukraine battalion. On February 11, 2025, he was sentenced to five years and ten months in a general-regime penal colony.
Others charged under Article 205.4 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
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