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Zhigalov Sergei Aleksandrovich

Date of birth: March 30, 1971 (55 years old)
Article of the Criminal Code:  282.2 ч. 1
Form of repression:  deprivation of liberty
Pursuit stage:  currently serving a sentence
Date of arrest:  January 1, 1
Sentence:  6 лет лишения свободы в колонии общего режима, 1 год ограничения свободы
Date of sentencing:  January 14, 2025
Current location:  Penal Сolony No. 1, Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia for Yaroslavl Oblast

Zhigalov Sergei Aleksandrovich, born on March 30, 1971, lives in Sevastopol.

On January 14, 2025, under Part 1 of Article 282.2 of the Russian Criminal Code ("Organisation of the activities of a religious organisation, in respect of which a decision has been made to liquidate due to the implementation of extremist activities") in connection with membership in the community of Jehovah's Witnesses banned in Russia, he was sentenced to 6 years in a general regime colony and taken into custody.

He was detained on August 24, 2022. He was under house arrest from August 26 to October 17, 2022, when he was released under a ban on certain actions.