Belousov Oleg Vasilievich

Belousov Oleg Vasilievich, born July 7, 1967. Resident of St. Petersburg. A widower, he has a disability himself and has an adult son with a mental disability dependent on him. He was sentenced to 5.5 years in a general regime penal colony on charges of committing a crime under paragraph "d" of Part 2 of Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("Public dissemination of knowingly false information about the use of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, the exercise of powers by state bodies of the Russian Federation abroad based on political hatred or enmity", liable to up to 10 years in prison). The appellate court upheld the sentence.

He has been in custody since June 27, 2022.