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Sarazhakov Denis Aleksandrovich

Date of birth: May 15, 1988 (38 years old)
Article of the Criminal Code:  282.2 ч. 1
Form of repression:  deprivation of liberty
Pursuit stage:  решение суда вступило в силу
Date of arrest:  January 1, 1
Sentence:  6 лет 4 месяца лишения свободы в колонии общего режима, 1 год 2 месяца ограничения свободы
Date of sentencing:  March 5, 2024
Current location:  Penal Colony No. 1, Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia for the Republic of Buryatia

Sarazhakov Denis Aleksandrovich, born May 15, 1988, a resident of the village of Askiz in the Republic of Khakassia.

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, he was sentenced to 6 years and 4 months of imprisonment in a general regime colony.

Detained on November 30, 2021, in custody since December 2, 2021.