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Golik Dmitry Mikhailovich

Date of birth: March 26, 1987 (39 years old)
citizenship: Россия
City of residence: Благовещенск (Амурская область)
Article of the Criminal Code:  282.2 ч. 1
Form of repression:  no prosecution
Pursuit stage:  end of prosecution
Sentence:  6 лет 2 месяца лишения свободы в колонии общего режима, 1 год ограничения свободы
Date of sentencing:  June 30, 2021
Current location:  not in custody
Date of release:  April 15, 2025
Lists of persecuted:  Archive

Golik Dmitry Mikhailovich, born March 26, 1987. He lives in the city of Blagoveshchensk, Amur Oblast.

Under Part 1 of Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("Organisation of the activities of an extremist organisation") and Part 1.1 of Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("Involvement 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 7 years in a general regime penal colony. On appeal, the prison term was reduced to 6 years and 2 months in a general regime penal colony with restriction of freedom for 1 year and 2 months after release.

He was under a recognisance not to leave the city from July 20, 2018 to June 30, 2021, when he was taken into custody.

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