Ashikhmin Sergei Aleksandrovich

Ashikhmin Sergei Aleksandrovich, born December 30, 1973, lives in Izhevsk.

On charges of committing a crime under Part 1 of Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("Organisation of the activities of an extremist organisation") in connection with membership in a community of Jehovah's Witnesses banned in Russia, he was sentenced to 3 years in a general regime penal colony. The sentence was handed down by Marina Khokhryakova, judge of the Pervomaisky District Court of Izhevsk.

He was detained on April 14, 2021, and from April 16, 2021, he was under a ban on certain actions. On May 13, 2024, he was sent to custody.

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