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Kardakov Sergei Alekseevich

Date of birth: September 17, 1984 (41 years old)
Article of the Criminal Code:  282.2 ч. 1
Form of repression:  deprivation of liberty
Pursuit stage:  currently serving a sentence
Sentence:  6 лет 4 месяца лишения свободы в колонии общего режима, 1 год ограничения свободы
Date of sentencing:  December 21, 2022
Current location:  Penal Сolony No. 14, Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia for Khabarovsk Krai

Kardakov Sergei Alekseevich, born September 17, 1984, lives in Blagoveshchensk.

On charges of committing a crime 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 a community of Jehovah's Witnesses banned in Russia, he was sentenced to 6 years and 4 months in a general regime penal colony. The appellate court upheld the sentence.

In custody since December 21, 2022.