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Semyonov Yevgeny Konstantinovich

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Semyonov Yevgeny Konstantinovich

Date of birth: December 13, 1987 (38 years old)
Article of the Criminal Code:  282.2 ч. 1 ; 282.2 ч. 1.1 ; 282.2 ч. 2
Form of repression:  deprivation of liberty
Pursuit stage:  currently serving a sentence
Sentence:  6 лет 3 месяца лишения свободы в колонии общего режима
Date of sentencing:  February 20, 2025
Current location:  FKU IK-11 OUKhD GUFSIN Rossii po Permskomu krayu

Semyonov Yevgeny Konstantinovich, born December 13, 1987, resident of Cherkessk.

On February 20, 2025, under Part 1, Part 1.1 and Part 2 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 a community of Jehovah's Witnesses banned in Russia, he was sentenced to 6 years and 3 months in a general regime penal colony.

He has been in custody since August 31, 2023.

  • List of Jehovah’s Witnesses Facing Prosecution (updated)

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