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Popov Vladimir Nikolaevich

Date of birth: January 17, 1967 (59 years old)
City of residence: Gukovo
Article of the Criminal Code:  282.2 ч. 1
Form of repression:  no prosecution
Pursuit stage:  end of prosecution
Sentence:  7 лет лишения свободы в колонии общего режима, 1 год ограничения свободы
Date of sentencing:  September 19, 2022
Current location:  not in custody
Date of release:  May 22, 2026
Lists of persecuted:  Archive ; Persecuted Jehova's Witnesses

Popov Vladimir Nikolaevich, born January 17, 1967, lived in the city of Gukovo, Rostov Oblast, beekeeper. 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 membership in a community of Jehovah's Witnesses banned in Russia, sentenced to 7 years in a general regime penal colony with restriction of freedom for a period of 1 year. Has been in custody since August 12, 2020.