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Melkonyants Grigory Arkadyevich

Date of birth: January 23, 1981 (45 years old)
City of residence: Moscow
Occupation: юриспруденция; активизм
Article of the Criminal Code:  284.1 ч. 3
Form of repression:  deprivation of liberty
Pursuit stage:  currently serving a sentence
Sentence:  5 лет лишения свободы в колонии общего режима
Date of sentencing:  May 14, 2025
Current location:  Penal Colony No. 2, Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia for Lipetsk Oblast
Lists of persecuted:  General list

Melkonyants Grigory Arkadyevich, born January 23, 1981, lived in the city of Khimki, Moscow Oblast, bachelor's degree, civil activist, co-chairman of the "Voice" ("Golos") movement.

He was accused under Part 3 of Article 284.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("Organisation of the activities of a foreign or international non-governmental organisation, in respect of which a decision has been made to recognise its activities as undesirable on the territory of the Russian Federation", liable to up to 6 years in prison).

Deprived of liberty since August 17, 2023, he is now in a pre-trial detention center.