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Vasily Benda
Biography
A resident of Maykop. In March 2021, it became known that a case was opened against him for participation in the activities of an extremist community. In the same month, he was sentenced in a drug possession case (we do not consider this case to be political). On 24 September 2021, Benda was sentenced to a two and a half year suspended sentence in the case of participation in the activities of an extremist community.
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