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Dolganov Aleksandr Mikhailovich

Date of birth: November 19, 1988 (37 years old)
City of residence: Tolyatti
Article of the Criminal Code:  282.2 ч. 2
Form of repression:  no prosecution
Pursuit stage:  end of prosecution
Date of arrest:  January 1, 1
Sentence:  3 года лишения свободы в колонии общего режима, 10 месяцев ограничения свободы
Date of sentencing:  April 8, 2024
Current location:  not in custody
Date of release:  April 17, 2026
Lists of persecuted:  Archive

Dolganov Aleksandr Mikhailovich, born November 19, 1988, and lives in Tolyatti. On April 8, 2024, he was charged with committing a crime under Part 2 of Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("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 3 years in prison.

He was detained on May 16, 2023, and was under house arrest from May 17 to August 10, 2023, when he was released under a ban on certain actions. He was taken into custody on April 8, 2024.

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