Personal Information
- Birth date
- 28 мая 1984 г. (41 years old)
- Special circumstances
- healthcare worker
- Notes
- Graduate of the Tyumen Military School. From 2007 to 2013, he served in the army under contract and received the rank of captain, by specialty a sapper - he tried to follow in his father's footsteps, who was also a military man "However, during his service his opinion of the army changed, and he managed to get discharged for health reasons. After that, he worked for some time at the Leningrad Regional Oncological Dispensary as deputy chief physician for economic affairs. In 2016, he attempted to run for the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg and the State Duma from the 'Great Fatherland Party', but was denied registration. Has two children, at the time of his arrest they were 14 and 17 years old.
Lintsov Sergey Vladimirovich
Case Information
- Region of case initiation:
- Saint Petersburg
- Detention date:
- 20 сент. 2023 г.
- Charges:
- Article 207.3, Part 2, Paragraph d of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation
- Sentence:
- 5 years general regime
- Estimated release date:
- 17 янв. 2028 г.
- Case categories:
- Anti-war case, Freedom of speech
Case Description
Sergey Linzov was detained in St. Petersburg on September 20, 2023. A criminal case was opened against him for "fakes" about the Russian army on the grounds of political hatred. According to the investigation, Lytsov, while near the children's city hospital on Zavodskoy Prospekt in Kolpino, on September 17, 2022, in the Telegram messenger, in the channel "Lytsov Sergey" (also known as "Bertrand Zobrist") that he administered, posted a 52-second video containing "deliberately false information containing data on the use of the RF Armed Forces. Consequently, the video became available to at least 178 individuals who are users and subscribers of the channel. The man was placed in a pre-trial detention center. September 27, 2024, a woman in a robe, Marina Rudenko of the Kolpinsky District Court of St. Petersburg, found Sergey Linzov guilty and sentenced him to 4 years in a general regime colony. The court also deprived Linzov of the right to administer websites on the Internet for 3 years. On January 21, 2025, the St. Petersburg City Court increased Lints's sentence, raising the punishment from four to five years in a penal colony.
Contact Information
Mailing Address
Линцов Сергей Владимирович, 28 мая 1984 г. ФКУ ИК-5 УФСИН России по г. Санкт-Петербургу и Ленинградской области, адрес: 196641, Россия, г. Санкт-Петербург, пос. Металлострой, Северный пр-д 1-й, д. 1 связь через: ФСИН-письмо; Зонателеком
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