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Redozubov Yuri Yurievich

Date of birth: February 12, 1972 (54 years old)
citizenship: Россия
Occupation: искусство и творчество
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 6 месяцев лишения свободы в колонии общего режима, 1 год ограничения свободы
Date of sentencing:  February 3, 2025
Current location:  Penal Colony No. 8, Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia for Amur Oblast

Redozubov Yuri Yurievich, born on February 12, 1972, lives in Vladivostok, artist and painter.

On February 3, 2025, under Part 1 of Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("Organisation of the activities of an extremist organisation") in connection with membership in the community of Jehovah's Witnesses banned in Russia, he was sentenced to 6 years and 6 months in a general regime penal colony.

He was under a written undertaking not to leave the country, and after the verdict was announced, he was taken into custody.

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