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01Overview
Quick Facts
CountryRussia
Age / Sex29 · male
OccupationMilitary
Arrested inPechenga settlement, Murmansk Oblast
Held at—
Categoryanti_war
StatusReleased
Sentence2 years
Russia · context
1,245documented cases
387 urgent · 76 report torture
Most common grounds
Journalism
125
Unknown
2
Cultural
2
Ethnic
31
Case Summary
Dmitry Vasilets, a military serviceman, was sentenced to imprisonment for refusing to participate in combat operations in Ukraine. He wrote a report stating his refusal and was initially sentenced to two years and five months in a penal colony, later reduced and released on parole.
Key Facts
04 entries- 01Refused to participate in combat operations in Ukraine
- 02Wrote a report stating his refusal
- 03Initially sentenced to two years and five months
- 04Released on parole
02Charges
Charges
01 count- 01non-execution of an order
Criminal Code Articles
01 articleArt. 332
03Analysis
Predicting Vector
Surveillance vector
Surveillance vectorUnknown
Inferred demographics
90%EthnicitySlavic Russian
Region of originSlavic Russia
ReligionOrthodox Christian
The name Dmitry Vasilets is a common Russian name structure, and the location in Murmansk Oblast is historically associated with Russian settlement.
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Cite this case
The Detained. (2026). Case file: Dmitry Vasilets (TD case cmi8873q, record version 2026-05-26). Retrieved July 17, 2026, from https://thedetained.org/prisoners/cmi8873qj004ili0txny5s9ev. Original data from OVD-Info (https://repression.info/ru/persons/dmitry-vasilets-).
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