Vital Yurenia

sentenced to imprisonment

Former prisoner

Date of birth: 20 August 1996

Date of detention: 12 May 2023

Charges indicted:

  • Art. 361-2 of the Criminal Code — Financing the activities of an extremist group

Sentence: 3 years

Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony

Date of release: 16 September 2024

Judge: Alena Shylko

Cases: Donations

Notes: Pardon / amnesty

Vital Yurenia was convicted under Article 361-2 of the Criminal Code ('Financing extremist activities') for donating to initiatives recognized as extremist. He was sentenced to three years of imprisonment in a general-security penal colony

He was pardoned and released on September 16, 2024.

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