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Maksim Golovanov

Maksim Golovanov

Moscow

38 yr old (born in 24.02.1987)

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Resident of Moscow. In October 2024, he was taken into custody on charges of publicly justifying terrorism, based on posts about the "Russian Volunteer Corps" and the "Freedom of Russia" Legion, and with words of support for Daria Trepova, who is accused of murdering military correspondent Vladlen Tatarsky. In the letter, In a letter, Golovanov stated that he had also been accused of high treason, although this charge was not reflected on the website of the court that reviewed the motion to place him in pre-trial detention. On June 2, 2025, Golovanov was sentenced to three years in a general-regime penal colony for public justification of terrorism.

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Address: 107996, г.Москва, ул. Матросская Тишина, дом 18, ФКУ СИЗО-1 УФСИН России по г. Москве ("Матросская тишина"), Голованов Максим Андреевич, 1987 г.р.

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