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Stefanidin Yevgeny Sergeevich

Евгений Стефанидин

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Stefanidin Yevgeny Sergeevich

Date of birth: July 28, 1989 (36 years old)
Article of the Criminal Code:  282.2 ч. 1
Form of repression:  deprivation of liberty
Pursuit stage:  currently serving a sentence
Sentence:  6 лет лишения свободы в колонии общего режима, 1 год ограничения свободы
Date of sentencing:  October 25, 2024
Current location:  Penal Colony No.29, Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia for Perm Krai

Stefanidin Yevgeny Sergeevich, born on July 28, 1989, lives in Izhevsk.

On October 25, 2024, on charges of committing a crime, provided for in part 1 Art. 282.2 of the Russian Criminal Code ("Organisation of the activity of a religious organisation, in respect of which a decision was made to liquidate due to the implementation of extremist activity"), in connection with membership in the community of Jehovah's Witnesses, banned in Russia, sentenced to 6 years of probation. On February 4, 2025, the appellate court toughened the sentence and approved 6 years of general regime prison. Since December 14, 2022, he is under a non-exit notice.

Taken into custody after appeal on February 4, 2025.

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