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Stanislav Zimovets
Former military personnel
1985-04-14
В заключении
Moscow
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Biography
Stanislav Zimovets is a nationalist, participant in an anti-corruption rally on 26 March 2017 in Moscow. Accused of using violence against a police officer: according to the investigation, he threw a brick at a Rosgvardiya fighter, then "changed his clothes for the purpose of conspiracy" and, taking out a traumatic pistol, "provoked those present to illegal actions". He is being held in the pre-trial detention centre, for some unknown reason he was placed in a block for those accused of crimes punishable by life imprisonment. Under pressure, he pleaded guilty and agreed to a special trial, but then refused to
Stanislav Zimovets is a nationalist, participant in an anti-corruption rally on 26 March 2017 in Moscow. Accused of using violence against a police officer: according to the investigation, he threw a brick at a Rosgvardiya fighter, then "changed his clothes for the purpose of conspiracy" and, taking out a traumatic pistol, "provoked those present to illegal actions". He is being held in the pre-trial detention centre, for some unknown reason he was placed in a block for those accused of crimes punishable by life imprisonment. Under pressure, he pleaded guilty and agreed to a special trial, but then refused to do so.
On 20 July 2017, he was sentenced to two and a half years in a general regime colony.
He was released on 23 July 2019.
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