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Dyadkin Aleksei Valerievich

Date of birth: May 6, 1989 (37 years old)
citizenship: Россия
City of residence: Gukovo
Article of the Criminal Code:  282.2 ч. 1
Form of repression:  no prosecution
Pursuit stage:  end of prosecution
Sentence:  7 лет лишения свободы в колонии общего режима, 1 год ограничения свободы
Date of sentencing:  September 19, 2022
Current location:  not in custody
Date of release:  June 5, 2026
Lists of persecuted:  Archive

Dyadkin Aleksei Valerievich, born May 6, 1989, lived in the city of Gukovo, Rostov Oblast, builder. Under Part 1 of Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("Organisation of the activities of a religious organisation, in respect of which a decision has been made to liquidate in connection with the implementation of extremist activities") in connection with membership in the community of Jehovah's Witnesses banned in Russia, he was sentenced to 7 years in a general regime penal colony.

He has been in custody since August 21, 2020.