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Sirotkin Oleg Sergeevich

Date of birth: June 14, 1964 (61 years old)
Article of the Criminal Code:  282.2 ч. 1
Form of repression:  pre-trial detention
Pursuit stage:  verdict delivered – appeal pending
Sentence:  6 лет лишения свободы в колонии общего режима
Date of sentencing:  May 30, 2025
Current location:  Remand Prison No. 2, Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia for Tambov Oblast

Oleg Sergeyevich Sirotkin, born on 14 June 1964 and lives in Tambov.

On 30 May 2025, he was convicted under Part 1 of Article 282.2 of the Russian Criminal Code (‘Organisation of the activities of an extremist organisation’) in connection with his membership in the Jehovah’s Witnesses community, which is banned in Russia, and sentenced to six years’ imprisonment in a general-regime penal colony. He was taken into custody following the verdict.