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Nikolai Lekomtsev

Nikolai Lekomtsev

Naberezhnye Chelny

35 yr old (born in 12.10.1989)

Address: 423450, РТ, г. Альметьевск, ул. Базовая, 26, ФКУ ИК № 8 УФСИН России по Республике Татарстан, Лекомцев Николай Васильевич, 1989 г.р.

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A resident of Naberezhnye Chelny and an employee of KAMAZ, Lekomtsev was detained on 9 October 2023 and subsequently taken into custody on charges of participating in the activities of an extremist organisation. The charges were linked, in particular, to his anti-war publications.

On 27 January 2025, he was sentenced to two and a half years in a general regime penal colony. In June, an appeal court increased the sentence by one year.

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Address: 423450, РТ, г. Альметьевск, ул. Базовая, 26, ФКУ ИК № 8 УФСИН России по Республике Татарстан, Лекомцев Николай Васильевич, 1989 г.р.

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