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Saparov Nikolai Vladimirovich

Date of birth: December 24, 1981 (44 years old)
City of residence: Maykop
Article of the Criminal Code:  282.2 ч. 1
Form of repression:  deprivation of liberty
Pursuit stage:  currently serving a sentence
Date of arrest:  January 1, 1
Sentence:  6 лет лишения свободы в колонии общего режима, 1 год ограничения свободы
Date of sentencing:  January 17, 2024
Current location:  Penal Colony No. 5, Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia for Leningrad Oblast

Saparov Nikolai Vladimirovich, born December 24, 1981, resident of Maikop.

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 6 years of imprisonment in a general regime colony with restriction of freedom for 1 year.

Has been in custody since March 22, 2022.