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Chaikovsky Ivan Stepanovich

Date of birth: May 1, 1955 (71 years old)
Article of the Criminal Code:  282.2 ч. 1
Form of repression:  deprivation of liberty
Pursuit stage:  currently serving a sentence
Sentence:  6 лет 3 месяца лишения свободы в колонии общего режима, 1 год ограничения свободы
Date of sentencing:  March 31, 2023
Current location:  Penal Сolony No. 1, Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia for Yaroslavl Oblast

Chaikovsky Ivan Stepanovich, born May 1, 1955, lives in Moscow, former chairman of the recognised extremist Moscow community of Jehovah's Witnesses. On charges of committing a crime under Part 1 of Article 282.2 of the Russian Criminal Code, he was sentenced to 6 years and 3 months of imprisonment in a general regime colony. He was detained on November 24, 2020, and was under house arrest since November 27, 2020. He was taken into custody on March 31, 2023.