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Kudinov Viktor Ivanovich

Date of birth: January 25, 1969 (57 years old)
Article of the Criminal Code:  282.2 ч. 1
Form of repression:  deprivation of liberty
Pursuit stage:  решение суда вступило в силу
Date of arrest:  January 1, 1
Sentence:  6 лет лишения свободы в колонии общего режима, 1 год ограничения свободы
Date of sentencing:  January 14, 2025
Current location:  Penal Colony No. 7, Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia for Kostroma Oblast

Kudinov Viktor Ivanovich, born on January 25, 1969, lives in Sevastopol. On January 14, 2025, under Part 1 of Article 282.2 of the Russian Criminal Code (“Organization of the activities of a religious organization in respect of which a decision on liquidation has been adopted due to extremist activity”), in connection with membership in the community of Jehovah’s Witnesses banned in Russia, he was sentenced to 6 years in a general regime colony and taken into custody. He had been under house arrest since August 26, 2022. On October 17, 2022, the preventive measure was changed to a restriction of certain actions.