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Marunov Anatoly Viktorovich

Date of birth: November 10, 1953 (72 years old)
Article of the Criminal Code:  282.2 ч. 1
Form of repression:  deprivation of liberty
Pursuit stage:  currently serving a sentence
Sentence:  6 лет 6 месяцев лишения свободы в колонии общего режима
Date of sentencing:  July 12, 2023
Current location:  Penal Colony No. 3, Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia for Tambov Oblast

Marunov Anatoly Viktorovich, born November 10, 1953, resident of Moscow. On charges of committing a crime under Part 1 of Article 282.2 of the Russian Criminal Code ("Organisation of the activities of an extremist organisation") in connection with his involvement in the local community of Jehovah's Witnesses, he was sentenced to 6.5 years of imprisonment in a general regime penal colony.

He was detained on October 20, 2021, was under house arrest since October 22, 2021, and taken into custody on July 12, 2023 in the courtroom.