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Atryakhin Vladimir Andreevich

Date of birth: September 29, 1987 (38 years old)
Occupation: IT
Article of the Criminal Code:  282.2 ч. 1
Form of repression:  deprivation of liberty
Pursuit stage:  решение суда вступило в силу
Sentence:  6 лет лишения свободы в колонии общего режима, 1 год ограничения свободы
Date of sentencing:  August 25, 2022
Current location:  Penal Colony No. 3, Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia for the Republic of Mari El
Hobbies: Спорт, программирование

Atryakhin Vladimir Andreevich, born September 29, 1987, lived in the city of Saransk, Republic of Mordovia, worked as a programmer.

Sentenced 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 to 6 years in a general regime penal colony. Taken into custody on February 6, 2019, released in April 2019 on his own recognisance (an obligation not to leave the city).

In custody since August 25, 2022.

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