Oleg Bondarenko
- Criminal Code
- Article 282.1 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code
- Case category
- Extremism casesCases related to mass actions
- Verdict
- Suspended prison sentence
- Sentence
- 3 years 6 months
- Region
- Karachay-Cherkessia
- City
- Cherkessk
Case summary
Resident of Karachay-Cherkessia and supporter of the "Citizens of the USSR" movement; was under criminal investigation for participating in the activities of an extremist community; signed a recognisance not to leave. In 2024, Bondarenko was sentenced to three and a half years of probation. Presumably, in September 2023 he was detained on suspicion of fraud (we have no grounds to consider this prosecution politically motivated).
Others charged under Article 282.1 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code
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Source: this person’s record in the OVD-Info political persecution database
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