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Voishchev Nikolai Pavlovich

Date of birth: September 28, 1955 (70 years old)
citizenship: Россия
City of residence: Maykop
Article of the Criminal Code:  282.1 ч. 1
Form of repression:  no prosecution
Pursuit stage:  end of prosecution
Date of arrest:  October 20, 2022
Sentence:  3 года лишения свободы в колонии общего режима, 1 год ограничения свободы
Date of sentencing:  September 14, 2023
Current location:  not in custody
Date of release:  April 29, 2025
Lists of persecuted:  Archive

Voishchev Nikolai Pavlovich, born September 28, 1955, lives in Maykop. On charges of committing a crime under Part 1 of Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("Organizing the activities of an extremist organisation") in connection with membership in a community of Jehovah's Witnesses banned in Russia, he was sentenced to 3 years of imprisonment in a general regime penal colony with restriction of freedom for 1 year and deprivation of the right to engage in educational activities, as well as activities related to the leadership of and participation in religious, public associations and organisations, for 4 years.
He was in custody since October 20, 2022. He was released on April 28, 2025.

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