Personal Information
- Birth date
- 6 июл. 1975 г. (50 years old)
- Special circumstances
- dependent child/children, elderly dependents, Ukrainian citizen
- Notes
- Electric train driver, from Lviv, wife is a gynecologist, works as a head. polyclinic, diagnosed with brain cancer, has a daughter, a second-year medical student. academy in Blagoveshchensk. On December 26, 2024, he was deprived of his acquired Russian citizenship.
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Demchuk Ostap Bogdanovich
Case Information
- Region of case initiation:
- Amur Oblast
- Detention date:
- 14 июн. 2023 г.
- Charges:
- Art. 275 CC RF
- Sentence:
- 13 years strict regime
- Estimated release date:
- 13 июн. 2036 г.
- Case categories:
- Treason, Anti-war case
Case Description
In the village of Magdagachi, Amur Oblast, in June 2023, a 47-year-old electric train driver, a native of Lviv, Ostap Demchuk, was detained. He was accused of treason. According to the investigation, between July 18, 2022, and January 9, 2023, Demchuk systematically transferred funds to the bank card of a Ukrainian citizen who was collecting funds for the needs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, for the purchase of weapons, repair of malfunctioning equipment, and the purchase of ammunition and military uniforms. The court sent the man to a pre-trial detention center. According to Demchuk's testimony, he himself was subjected to torture and abuse, his daughters were forced to have needles driven under their nails during interrogation, which caused health problems for them. On July 16, 2024, the Amur Regional Court found Ostap Demchuk guilty and sentenced him to 13 years in a strict regime colony with a 1.5-year restriction of freedom and a fine of 400 thousand. rubles. September 20, 2024, the Fifth Appellate Court of General Jurisdiction upheld the verdict. On December 26, 2024, Demchuk was stripped of Russian citizenship.
Contact Information
Mailing Address
Демчук Остап Богданович, 6 июля 1975 г. ФКУ ИК-7 УФСИН России по Хабаровскому краю, адрес: 681005, Хабаровский край, г. Комсомольск-на-Амуре, ул. Павловского, 12 связь через: ФСИН-письмо; Зонателеком
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