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Sannikov Konstantin Yevgenievich

Date of birth: September 18, 1970 (55 years old)
Occupation: медицина
Article of the Criminal Code:  282.2 ч. 1 ; 282.3 ч. 1
Form of repression:  no prosecution
Pursuit stage:  end of prosecution
Date of arrest:  January 1, 1
Sentence:  6 лет 6 месяцев лишения свободы в колонии общего режима, 1 год ограничения свободы
Date of sentencing:  February 15, 2023
Current location:  not in custody
Date of release:  September 10, 2025
Lists of persecuted:  Archive

Sannikov Konstantin Yevgenievich, born September 18, 1970, lived in Kazan, forensic doctor.

On charges of committing crimes under Part 1 of Article 282.2 of the Russian Criminal Code ("Organisation of the activities of a religious organisation, in respect of which a decision has been made to liquidate in connection with the implementation of extremist activities) and Part 1 of Article 282.3 of the Russian Criminal Code (financing the activities of an extremist organisation") in connection with membership in a community of Jehovah's Witnesses banned in Russia, he was sentenced to 6,5 years in a general regime penal colony with a restriction of freedom for 1 year.

The sentence was handed down on February 15, 2023. On June 6, the appeal court upheld it, lifting the restriction of freedom. On October 17, the cassation court returned the case to the appeal court, which on December 8, 2023, left the original sentence.

He had been held in custody since August 27, 2020. On September 10, 2025, he was released.

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