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Ignatov Dmitry Vladimirovich

Date of birth: January 15, 1997 (29 years old)
citizenship:  Россия
City of residence: Oryol
Article of the Criminal Code:  282.2 ч. 2
Form of repression:  no prosecution
Pursuit stage:  end of prosecution
Sentence:  2 года принудительных работ
Date of sentencing:  July 24, 2024
Current location:  not in custody
Date of release:  December 30, 2025
Lists of persecuted:  Archive

Ignatov Dmitry Vladimirovich, born on 15 January 1997, lives in Orel.

On 24 July 2024 he was sentenced to 2 years of compulsory work 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 membership in the community of Jehovah's Witnesses banned in Russia. In October 2024, the appeal court upheld the sentence.

He was under a personal recognisance (an obligation not to leave the city).