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Terebilov Dmitry Sergeevich

Date of birth: January 2, 1980 (46 years old)
City of residence: Kostroma
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:  4 года 10 месяцев лишения свободы в колонии строгого режима
Date of sentencing:  September 7, 2021 ; January 23, 2025
Current location:  Penal Colony No. 1, Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia for Kostroma Oblast

Terebilov Dmitry Sergeevich, born January 2, 1980, lives in Kostroma, janitor.

Under 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 Jehovah's Witnesses community, he was sentenced to 3 years in a strict regime penal colony.

He was under a written undertaking not to leave the country from May 25, 2020 to September 6, 2021, when he was taken into custody. On April 20, 2023, he became a defendant in a new criminal case due to conversations with a cellmate about faith; he is now in custody.