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Mikhail Simonov

Mikhail Simonov

Moscow

65 yr old (born in 27.01.1960)

Address: 175130, Новгородская область, Парфинский муниципальный район, р.п. Парфино, Народная ул., зд. 9., ФКУ «ИК № 9 УФСИН России по Новгородской области», Симонов Михаил Юрьевич, 1960 г.р.

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Director of a restaurant car, lived in Belarus. The elderly Simonov is hard of hearing and speaks with difficulty, and has a number of chronic diseases.

A criminal case about "fakes" about the Armed Forces was brought against him. On 30 March 2023, he was sentenced to seven years in a general regime colony. On 18 January 2024, the Сourt of Сassation reduced the sentence by six months.

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Address: 175130, Новгородская область, Парфинский муниципальный район, р.п. Парфино, Народная ул., зд. 9., ФКУ «ИК № 9 УФСИН России по Новгородской области», Симонов Михаил Юрьевич, 1960 г.р.

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