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Danielyan Andrei Emikovich

Date of birth: March 13, 1969 (57 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 лишения свободы в колонии общего режима, 1 год ограничения свободы
Date of sentencing:  November 7, 2022
Current location:  Remand Prison No. 1, Russian Federal Penitentiary Service for Omsk Oblast

Danielyan Andrei Emikovich, born March 13, 1969, lives in the city of Rubtsovsk, Altai Krai, general laborer. Under Part 1 of Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("Organisation of the activities of an extremist organisation") in connection with membership in the community of Jehovah's Witnesses banned in Russia, he was sentenced to 6 years in a general regime penal colony. Since May 2021, he has been under a written undertaking not to leave.

Arrested on November 7, 2022.

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