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Danielyan Aram Rudikovich

Date of birth: October 21, 1990 (35 years old)
City of residence: Samara
Article of the Criminal Code:  282.2 ч. 1
Form of repression:  deprivation of liberty
Pursuit stage:  решение суда вступило в силу
Sentence:  7 лет лишения свободы в колонии общего режима, 1 год 6 месяцев ограничения свободы
Date of sentencing:  January 25, 2024
Current location:  Penal Colony No. 12, Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia for the Republic of Mordovia

Danielyan Aram Rudikovich, born October 21, 1990, resident of Samara. 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 that has been decided to be liquidated due to extremist activity) in connection with membership in a community of Jehovah's Witnesses banned in Russia, he was sentenced to 7 years in a general regime penal colony. On May 20, 2024, the appellate court upheld the sentence. He was in custody from January 7, 2022 to December 14, 2022, when he was transferred under a ban on certain actions.
He was taken into custody again on January 25, 2024 after the verdict was announced.

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