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Gorbunov Anatoly Vasilievich

Date of birth: August 15, 1957 (68 years old)
City of residence: Krasnoyarsk
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:  February 2, 2022
Current location:  Penal Colony No. 31, Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia for Krasnoyarsk Krai

Горбунов Анатолий Васильевич родился 15 августа 1957 года, живёт в Красноярске, пенсионер. По ч. 1 ст. 282.2 УК РФ (организация деятельности экстремистской организации) в связи с членством в общине запре­щённых в России свидетелей Иеговы, приговорён к шести годам лишения свобода общего режима. Под стражей со 2 февраля 2022 года.

Gorbunov Anatoly Vasilievich, born August 15, 1957, lives in Krasnoyarsk, pensioner.

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, sentenced to 6 years of imprisonment in a general regime penal colony.

In custody since February 2, 2022.

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