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Valerii Kniazev
Emergency workers
1951-03-07
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Izhevsk
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Biography
A resident of Izhevsk and follower of the Jehovah’s Witnesses, reportedly acting as the elder’s “ministerial servant”, according to the Investigative Committee. On 5 June 2024, he was placed under restrictions on certain activities as a preventive measure in a case concerning the organisation of the activities of an extremist organisation. On 12 November 2025, Kniazev was sentenced to three years’ imprisonment in a general-regime penal colony.
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