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Maladyka Volodymyr Ivanovych

Date of birth: July 8, 1963 (63 years old)
citizenship: Украина
City of residence: Севастополь
Article of the Criminal Code:  282.2 ч. 1
Pursuit stage:  end of prosecution
Sentence:  6 лет лишения свободы в колонии общего режима, 1 год ограничения свободы
Date of sentencing:  October 6, 2022
Current location:  not in custody
Date of release:  July 28, 2026
Lists of persecuted:  Archive

Volodymyr Maladyka, born July 8, 1963, lived in Sevastopol, worked as a technician.

Sentenced to 6 years in a general regime penal colony on charges of committing a crime under Part 1 of Article 282.2 of the Russian Criminal Code ("Organizing the activities of an extremist organisation") in connection with membership in a community of Jehovah's Witnesses, banned in Russia. The appellate court upheld the sentence. He was in custody from October 1, 2020 to March 30, 2021, when he was transferred to house arrest.

He was taken into custody again on October 6, 2022.

He was released on July 28, 2026.

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