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Timofey Mokhnenko

Timofey Mokhnenko
Date of incident: May 20, 2024
Type of violation: arrest
Institution: N. N. Blokhin Scientific Center

Summary: May 20, 2024 The Zamoskvoretsky District Court of Moscow sent Moscow resident Timofey Mokhnenko to pretrial detention until July 17 on charges of inciting hatred or enmity (Part 2 of Article 282 of the Criminal Code) and calls for or justification of terrorism on the Internet (Part 2 of Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code). OVD-Info was informed by the defendant’s lawyer Natalia Tikhonova. He was never released again

Details: October 11, 2024 Mokhnenko’s detention was extended until November 17, reports the Telegram channel “Freedom for Timofey Mokhnenko”

Timofey Mokhnenko is an employee of the N. N. Blokhin Cancer Research Center. Co-author of scientific papers on the treatment of cancer.

Sources: OVD-Info, Telegram channel “Freedom for Timofey Mokhnenko”.

20 May 2024

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