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Lonchakov Igor Vladimirovich

Date of birth: December 26, 1977 (48 years old)
citizenship: Россия
City of residence: Vladivostok
Occupation: почта
Article of the Criminal Code:  282.2 ч. 1
Form of repression:  deprivation of liberty
Pursuit stage:  решение суда вступило в силу
Sentence:  7 лет лишения свободы в колонии общего режима, 1 год ограничения свободы
Date of sentencing:  February 3, 2025
Current location:  Penal Colony No. 13, Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia for Sverdlovsk Oblast

Lonchakov Igor Vladimirovich, born on December 26, 1977, lives in Vladivostok, employee of the Russian Post. On February 3, 2025, under Part 1 of Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (organization of the activities of an extremist organization) in connection with membership in the community of Jehovah's Witnesses banned in Russia, he was sentenced to 7 years in a general regime penal colony. He was under a written undertaking not to leave, after the verdict was announced, he was taken into custody. The criminal case was opened on March 24, 2020.

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