Berchuk Aleksei Aleksandrovich

Berchuk Aleksei Aleksandrovich, born November 17, 1975, lives in the city of Blagoveshchensk, Amur Oblast, works as a builder.

Under Part 1 of Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("Organisation of the activities of a religious organisation, in respect of which a decision has been made to liquidate due to the implementation of extremist activities") in connection with membership in the community of Jehovah's Witnesses banned in Russia, he was sentenced to 8 years in a general regime penal colony with deprivation of the right to engage in activities related to the management and participation in the work of public organisations for a period of 5 years and 6 months, with restriction of freedom for a period of 1 year and 6 months.

He was under a written personal recognisance (an obligation not to leave the city) from January 21, 2019 to June 30, 2021, when he was taken into custody.