Piotr Opalnik
Veliky Novgorod
46 yr old (born in 13.10.1978)
A citizen of both Ukraine and Russia, he lived in the town of Pestovo in the Novgorod region. He worked as a house sales manager and was engaged in insurance. On January 18, 2023, he was detained on charges of confidential cooperation with foreigners. Even after retained attorneys joined the case, the court refused to remove the state-appointed defender. Opalnik hardly received any letters in the pre-trial detention centre, as most of them were not delivered to him.
In July 2024, it became known that Opalnik was threatened with transfer to strict conditions of detention (SUS) because he received the "Prison Bulletin" – a samizdat for those involved in politically motivated cases.
On August 1, 2024, Opalnik was sentenced to eight years in a strict regime penal colony.
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