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Andrey Tolmachev

Andrey Tolmachev

Irkutsk

50 yr old (born in 03.03.1975)

Address: 665809, г.Ангарск, Первый промышленный массив, квартал 9, строение 10/1, ФКУ «ИК № 14 ГУФСИН России по Иркутской области», Толмачев Андрей Владимирович, 1975 г.р.

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Resident of Irkutsk. On 4 October 2021, Tolmachev's home was searched. The next day, the court sent him to custody on the case of organising activities of an extremist organisation and financing extremist activities in connection with his involvement in the Jehovah's Witnesses community. Representatives of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely for religious activities: meetings, joint worship services, attracting new supporters. On 5 March 2024, he was sentenced to seven years in a general regime colony.

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Address: 665809, г.Ангарск, Первый промышленный массив, квартал 9, строение 10/1, ФКУ «ИК № 14 ГУФСИН России по Иркутской области», Толмачев Андрей Владимирович, 1975 г.р.

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