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Afanasev Sergei Panteleimonovich

Date of birth: April 30, 1964 (62 years old)
Article of the Criminal Code:  282.2 ч. 1 ; 282.3 ч. 1
Form of repression:  deprivation of liberty
Pursuit stage:  решение суда вступило в силу
Sentence:  6 лет 6 месяцев лишения свободы в колонии общего режима, 1 год ограничения свободы
Date of sentencing:  December 21, 2022
Current location:  Penal Сolony No. 14, Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia for Khabarovsk Krai

Afanasev Sergei Panteleimonovich, born April 30, 1964, lives in Blagoveshchensk. On charges of committing a crime under Part 1 of Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("Organizing the activities of an extremist organisation") and Part 1 of Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("Financing extremist activities") in connection with membership in a community of Jehovah's Witnesses banned in Russia, he was sentenced to 6.5 years in a general regime penal colony. The appellate court upheld the sentence.

Since September 18, 2020, he has been under a written personal recognisance (an obligation not to leave the city). On December 21, 2022, he was arrested in the courtroom after the verdict was announced.

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