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Alexey Soldatov

Alexey Soldatov
Date of incident: July 22, 2024
Type of violation: imprisonment in a penal colony
Institution: Supervisory Board of the Internet Development Fund

Summary: On July 22, 2024, Alexey Soldatov was sentenced to 2 years in prison for abuse of power. According to investigators, the scientist and his business partners fraudulently transferred the rights to IP addresses belonging to RosNIIROS to a Czech provider. According to Meduza, the case was opened after the intervention of the Presidential Administration. The conflict between Soldatov and the Kremlin was caused by the fight for the .su domain, which is widely used in RuNet and, together with the .ru and .рф domains, became part of the “national domain zone” and should be controlled by the state.

Details. Alexey Soldatov is 72 years old, he is a doctor of physical and mathematical sciences, one of the founders of RuNet. Soldatov’s health is incompatible with the conditions in the pre-trial detention center and the penal colony, according to the First Department https://t.me/deptone/10457.

September 26, 2024 The health of the former Deputy Minister of Communications of Russia and co-founder of RuNet Alexey Soldatov seriously deteriorated in prison. This was reported on the social network X by his son, journalist Andrey Soldatov. “My father is dying in prison. Terminally ill, he has been there since July 22,” writes Soldatov’s son, reports the Radio Liberty Telegram channel.

Sources: Meduza, First Department.

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