Olshevsky Anton Yuryevich

Olshevsky Anton Yuryevich, born December 31, 1987, lives in Blagoveshchensk, electrician. For religious reasons, he performed alternative civilian service.

On charges of committing a crime under Part 1 of Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("Organisation of the activities of an extremist organisation") in connection with membership in a community of Jehovah's Witnesses banned in Russia, he was sentenced to 6 years and 3 months in a general regime penal colony. The appellate court upheld the sentence.

In custody since December 21, 2022.