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Piskaryova Tatiana Nikolaevna

Date of birth: April 30, 1956 (70 years old)
City of residence: Oryol
Article of the Criminal Code:  282.2 ч. 2
Form of repression:  forced labor
Pursuit stage:  currently serving a sentence
Sentence:  2 года 6 месяцев принудительных работ
Date of sentencing:  March 1, 2024
Current location:  correctional center ; Penal Settlement No. 3, Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia for Oryol Oblast

Piskaryova Tatiana Nikolaevna, born April 30, 1956, resident of Orel. 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, she was sentenced to 2 years and 6 months of compulsory work. On May 16, 2024, the appellate court upheld the sentence. She was under a written undertaking not to leave.

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