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Komarov Vitalii Viktorovich

Date of birth: February 23, 1976 (50 years old)
Article of the Criminal Code:  282.2 ч. 1
Form of repression:  deprivation of liberty
Pursuit stage:  currently serving a sentence
Date of arrest:  January 1, 1
Sentence:  6 лет 3 месяца лишения свободы в колонии общего режима, 1 год ограничения свободы
Date of sentencing:  March 31, 2023
Current location:  Penal Colony No. 5, Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia for Oryol Oblast

Komarov Vitalii Viktorovich, born February 23, 1976, lives in Moscow, manager.

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 a religious organisation, in respect of which a decision has been made to liquidate due to the implementation of extremist activities") in connection with membership in the community of Jehovah's Witnesses banned in Russia, sentenced to 6 years and 3 months of imprisonment in a general regime penal colony.

Detained on November 24, 2020, was under house arrest from November 27, 2020. He was taken into custody on March 31, 2023.