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Chausov Dmitry Vladimirovich

Date of birth: February 27, 1988 (38 years old)
Article of the Criminal Code:  282.2 ч. 2
Form of repression:  no prosecution
Pursuit stage:  end of prosecution
Date of arrest:  August 8, 2023
Sentence:  1 год 10 месяцев лишения свободы в колонии общего режима
Date of sentencing:  December 2, 2024
Current location:  not in custody
Date of release:  May 26, 2025
Lists of persecuted:  Archive

Chausov Dmitry Vladimirovich, born February 27, 1988, lives in Kursk.

On December 2, 2024, under Part 2 of Article 282.2 of the Russian Criminal Code (participation in the activities of an extremist organisation) in connection with his membership in a community of Jehovah's Witnesses, banned in Russia, he was sentenced to 2 years and 6 months in a general regime penal colony.

He was detained on August 8, 2023, and was in custody from August 10, 2023 to February 28, 2024, when he was transferred to house arrest. On December 2, 2024, he was taken into custody again. On May 26, 2025, he was released from custody after an appeal.

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