Yuri Galka
Workers
1975-10-28
В заключении
Voronezh
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A resident of Voronezh. On 13 July 2020, a search was conducted at Galka’s home; he reported that he was knocked to the ground and pressed face down onto the floor. After the search, he was detained. Later, the court ordered his remand in custody in a case concerning the organisation of the activities of an extremist organisation. On 1 December, a preventive measure in the form of a prohibition on certain actions was imposed.
On 21 November 2025, the court sentenced him to six years’ imprisonment in a general-regime penal colony.
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