Dmitry Vinogradov
Teachers
1963-09-09
At large
Chelyabinsk
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On 20 January 2020, charged with participation in the activities of an extremist organisation. A personal recognizance was taken. According to the believers, the case includes a religious expertise conducted in 2018, in which Vinogradov's words "make your own decisions" are interpreted as soft manipulation, and the creation of a website about teaching chess (Vinogradov is a chess teacher) - as a website about teaching religion.
On 7 June 2021, he was sentenced to two years suspended sentence.
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