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Gorely Aleksei Vladimirovich

Date of birth: August 27, 1980 (45 years old)
City of residence: Gukovo
Article of the Criminal Code:  282.2 ч. 1
Form of repression:  no prosecution
Pursuit stage:  end of prosecution
Sentence:  6 лет 6 месяцев лишения свободы в колонии общего режима, 1 год ограничения свободы
Date of sentencing:  September 19, 2022
Current location:  not in custody
Date of release:  November 14, 2025
Lists of persecuted:  Archive

Gorely Aleksei Vladimirovich, born August 27, 1980, lived in Rostov-on-Don, chief accountant.

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 6.5 years in a general regime penal colony with restriction of freedom after release for a period of 1 year.

In custody since August 8, 2020.

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