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Pavel Verbitsky, a retired former serviceman, is being prosecuted for allegedly publicly justifying terrorism. The case is related to comments he made online, including a poem he published criticizing the war, and he has since left Russia.
Arrest Date
September 1, 2022
Based on shared charges, location & timing
Omsk, Omsk Oblast
Samara, Samara Oblast
Berdyansk, Zaporizhzhia Oblast
Krasnopolye, Republic of Mordovia

Veliky Novgorod, Novgorod Oblast
Magnitogorsk, Chelyabinsk Oblast