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Maksim Rupchev
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Journalists
birthday
2000-04-18
current location
В заключении
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Biography
A Ukrainian journalist, the administrator of the Telegram channel "Melitopol is Ukraine". On 20 August 2023, he was detained and then taken into custody on charges of espionage, participation in a terrorist community and committing a terrorist act. In June 2025, the case went to court. On 13 November 2025, Rupchev was sentenced to 15 years in a strict regime colony.
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