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Rogozin Valery Anatolievich

Date of birth: March 25, 1962 (64 years old)
citizenship: Россия
City of residence: Volgograd
Article of the Criminal Code:  282.2 ч. 1
Form of repression:  no prosecution
Pursuit stage:  end of prosecution
Sentence:  6 лет 5 месяцев лишения свободы в колонии общего режима
Date of sentencing:  September 23, 2021
Current location:  not in custody
Date of release:  April 7, 2026
Lists of persecuted:  Archive

Rogozin Valery Anatolievich, born March 25, 1962, lived in Volgograd, design engineer. 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 5 months in prison. He was in custody from May 16 to December 26, 2019, when he was released under a ban on certain actions. On September 23, 2021, he was taken into custody again.

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