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Barbazyuk Maksim Nikolaevich

Максим Барбазюк

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Barbazyuk Maksim Nikolaevich

Date of birth: October 30, 1982 (43 years old)
City of residence: Tver
Article of the Criminal Code:  282.2 ч. 1
Form of repression:  pre-trial detention
Pursuit stage:  verdict delivered – appeal pending
Sentence:  6 лет лишения свободы в колонии общего режима
Date of sentencing:  February 13, 2026
Current location:  Remand Prison No. 1, Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia for Tver Oblast

Barbazyuk Maksim Nikolaevich, born on October 30, 1982, and lives in Tver. He was sentenced under Part 1 of Article 282.2 of the Russian Criminal Code (“Organizing the activities of a religious organization in respect of which a decision has been adopted to liquidate it in connection with the carrying out of extremist activity”) to 6 years’ imprisonment in connection with his membership in a community of Jehovah’s Witnesses banned in Russia.

He had been under a travel restriction. On February 13, 2026, after the verdict was announced, he was taken into custody. The criminal case was initiated on June 29, 2023.

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