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Skachidub Vladimir Yurievich

Date of birth: December 4, 1961 (64 years old)
Article of the Criminal Code:  282.2 ч. 1
Form of repression:  no prosecution
Pursuit stage:  end of prosecution
Date of sentencing:  October 12, 2021
Current location:  not in custody
Date of release:  September 5, 2025
Lists of persecuted:  Archive

Skachidub Vladimir Yurievich, born December 4, 1961, lives in the village of Pavlovskaya, Krasnodar Krai.

Under Part 1.1 of Article 282.2 of the Russian Criminal Code ("Involvement in the activities of an extremist organisation") and Part 2 of Article 282.2 of the Russian Criminal Code ("Participation in the activities of an extremist organisation") in connection with membership in the community of Jehovah's Witnesses banned in Russia, he was sentenced to 4 years and 2 months in a general regime penal colony. From June 29, 2020 he was under a personal recognisance (a written undertaking not to leave the city) until October 11, 2021, when he was taken into custody. He was released on September 5, 2025.