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Kovrov, Vladimir Oblast

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Ivan Kavinov

Ivan Kavinov was sentenced to 3 years in a general regime colony for publishing deliberately false information about the Russian Armed Forces on a Telegram channel. The severity of the punishment is likely due to a prior criminal conviction in 2012.

LAST UPDATED · MAY 26, 2026

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