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Peresunko Denis Petrovich

Date of birth: March 11, 1978 (48 years old)
Article of the Criminal Code:  282.2 ч. 1
Form of repression:  deprivation of liberty
Pursuit stage:  решение суда вступило в силу
Sentence:  6 лет 3 месяца лишения свободы в колонии общего режима
Date of sentencing:  September 23, 2021
Current location:  Penal Сolony No. 5, Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia for the Udmurt Republic

Peresunko Denis Petrovich, born March 11, 1978, lives in Volgograd, disabled. Under Part 1 of Article 282.2 ("Organisation of the activities of an extremist organisation") and Part 1 of Article 282.3 of the Russian Criminal Code (financing of extremist activities) in connection with membership in the community of Jehovah's Witnesses, banned in Russia, he was sentenced to 6 years and 3 months in prison. He was in custody from August 21, 2019 to January 23, 2020, when the Traktorozavodsky District Court of Volgograd chose a preventive measure in the form of a ban on certain actions. On September 23, 2021, he was taken into custody again.