Maksim Skalkin

served his term, released

Former prisoner

Date of detention: 2 April 2021

Charges indicted:

  • Art. 179 of the Criminal Code — Illegal collection and dissemination of information about private life

Sentence: 1 year

Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony

Date of release: 2 April 2022

Maksim Skalkin is a resident of Sluсk convicted on 2 April 2021 under part 1 of article 13, part 2 of article 179 of the Criminal Code (preparing to unlawfully collect private information constituting personal and family secrets of another person without their consent).

He was sentenced to one year of imprisonment and a fine of in the amount of 5.800 rubles.

Maksim served his sentence in full and was released on April 2, 2022.

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