Sergey Baksheev
Biography
Resident of Irkutsk. He was prosecuted for calls to extremism, terrorism and activities against the security of the Russian Federation in connection with calls to transfer money to the AFU, approval of the AFU's actions and Ruslan Zinin's act of shooting a military commander. On 30 June 2025, Baksheev was sentenced to six years in a general regime penal colony. On 27 October 2025, the court of appeal increased the sentence by eight months.
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