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Nikolai Petrovsky

Nikolai Petrovsky

Simferopol

32 yr old (born in 19.11.1993)

Address: 295051, Республика Крым, г. Симферополь, пер. Элеваторный, д. 4, ФКУ СИЗО-2 УФСИН России по Республике Крым и г. Севастополю, Петровский Николай Николаевич, 1993 г.р.

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He lived in Kherson. According to the investigation, after the city was occupied by Russian troops, he passed data on their deployment to the Security Service of Ukraine. On 27 March 2022, he was detained. Later he reported that he was beaten while in the military commandant's office in Kherson. For the next six months, his relatives knew nothing about Petrovsky's whereabouts, and in October 2022, an appointed lawyer informed the family that he was in Simferopol's pre-trial detention facility No. 2. On 27 September 2023, Petrovsky was sentenced to 16 years in a strict regime colony.

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Address: 295051, Республика Крым, г. Симферополь, пер. Элеваторный, д. 4, ФКУ СИЗО-2 УФСИН России по Республике Крым и г. Севастополю, Петровский Николай Николаевич, 1993 г.р.

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