Maxim Shchetinkin
- Criminal Code
- Article 207.3 part 2 items v, d, Russian Criminal Code
- Case category
- Anti-war cases
- Verdict
- Ban on activity, Imprisonment (general regime)
- Sentence
- 5 years 6 months
- Date of verdict
- 2024-11-29
- Region
- Khakassia
- City
- Abakan
- Facility
- ФКУ «ИК № 35 УФСИН России по Республике Хакасия»
- Address for letters
- 655017, Республика Хакасия, г. Абакан, кв. Молодёжный, 11, ФКУ «ИК № 35 УФСИН России по Республике Хакасия», Щетинкин Максим Михайлович, 1979 г.р.
Case summary
Resident of Abakan. On 28 June 2024, he was taken into custody in a case of dissemination of knowingly false information about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation on the motive of political hatred and with artificial creation of evidence. On 29 November 2024, Shchetinkin was sentenced to five and a half years in a general regime colony.
Others charged under Article 207.3 part 2 items v, d, Russian Criminal Code
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