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Suvorov Danil Sergeevich

Date of birth: September 7, 1995 (30 years old)
citizenship: Россия
City of residence: Sochi
Article of the Criminal Code:  282.2 ч. 1
Form of repression:  no prosecution
Pursuit stage:  end of prosecution
Sentence:  6 лет лишения свободы в колонии общего режима, 1 год 6 месяцев ограничения свободы
Date of sentencing:  June 20, 2023
Current location:  not in custody
Date of release:  April 7, 2026
Lists of persecuted:  Archive

Suvorov Danil Sergeevich, born September 7, 1995. Resident of Sochi in the Krasnodar Krai.

On June 20, 2023, he was sentenced 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 his involvement in the local community of Jehovah's Witnesses to 6 years of imprisonment in a general regime colony with restriction of freedom for a term of 1 year and 6 months upon release. On May 7, 2024, the court upheld the sentence on appeal.

In custody since August 18, 2021.