Bitusov Evgeny Vladimirovich

Bitusov Evgeny Vladimirovich, born February 22, 1979, lives in Zeya, Amur Oblast.

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 a religious organisation, in respect of which a decision has been made to liquidate in connection with the implementation of extremist activity") in connection with membership in a community of Jehovah's Witnesses banned in Russia, he was sentenced to 6 years in a general regime penal colony. He was under a written personal recognisance (an obligation not to leave the city).

On December 28, 2022, he was taken into custody.