The Military Appeal Court in Vlasikha reduced Nikita Afanasev's prison sentence to 24.5 years, with the first 7 years to be served in prison and the remainder in a special regime colony.

The Military Appeal Court in Vlasikha reduced Nikita Afanasev's prison sentence to 24.5 years, with the first 7 years to be served in prison and the remainder in a special regime colony.

@ovdinfolive 30 Jul 2026, 11:27

The prosecutor requested to reduce Nikita Afanasyev's sentence by six months by removing one of the six recruitment episodes, but the total sentence remains nearly 34 years, the longest for politically motivated cases in Russia.

@ovdinfolive 30 Jul 2026, 10:39