Alexander Dotsenko
- Criminal Code
- Article 205.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
- Case category
- Anti-war casesTerrorism cases
- Verdict
- Imprisonment (open prison colony)
- Sentence
- 3 years
- Date of verdict
- 2024-07-18
- Region
- Leningrad Oblast
- City
- Gatchina
- Address for letters
- 188508, г. Санкт-Петербург, Ломоносовский р-н, пос. Горелово, ул. Заречная, д. 22, ФКУ СИЗО-6 ГУФСИН России по г. Санкт-Петербургу и Ленинградской области ("Горелово"), Доценко Александр Леонидович, 1960 г.р.
Recognition by human rights organisations
- Recognised as a political prisonerby Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, 19 July 2024
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Case summary
Jeweller, resident of the Leningrad region. Detained along with his wife on 24 January 2024 on suspicion of calls for terrorism. The next day he was sent to custody. On 18 July 2024, sentenced to three years' imprisonment in a colony-settlement. On 19 February 2026, Dotsenko died in hospital, where he was taken after a heart attack.
Others charged under Article 205.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
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