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Klokov Valery Valerievich

Date of birth: August 16, 1985 (40 years old)
Article of the Criminal Code:  282.2 ч. 1
Form of repression:  pre-trial detention
Pursuit stage:  verdict delivered – appeal pending
Sentence:  3 года лишения свободы в колонии общего режима, 1 год ограничения свободы
Date of sentencing:  February 7, 2025
Current location:  Penal Colony No. 5, Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia for Altai Krai

Klokov Valery Valerievich,born on August 16, 1985, lives in Barnaul, Altai Krai.

On February 7, 2025, under Part 1 of Article 282.2 of the Russian Criminal Code ("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 3 years in a general regime penal colony.

He was detained on July 29, 2023. He was under house arrest from July 31, 2023 to June 28, 2024, when he was released under a ban on certain actions. He was taken into custody after the verdict was announced.

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