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Manuilov Vitaly Anatolievich

Date of birth: December 4, 1972 (53 years old)
citizenship: Россия
City of residence: Barnaul
Article of the Criminal Code:  282.2 ч. 2
Form of repression:  no prosecution
Pursuit stage:  end of prosecution
Sentence:  2 года принудительных работ
Date of sentencing:  November 19, 2024
Current location:  not in custody
Date of release:  May 15, 2026
Lists of persecuted:  Archive

Manuilov Vitaly Anatolievich, born December 4, 1972, resident of Barnaul.

On November 19, 2024, on charges of committing a crime under Part 2 of Article 282.2 of the Russian Criminal Code ("Participation in the activities of an extremist organisation") in connection with membership in a community of Jehovah's Witnesses banned in Russia, he was sentenced to 2 years of compulsory work.

He was under house arrest from April 12 to July 23, 2024, when he was released under a ban on certain actions.

  • List of Jehovah’s Witnesses Facing Prosecution (updated)