Andrei Andreev
Andrei Andreev, born 1976, Kursk Oblast. Charges: Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Organization of the activities of an extremist organization); “The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Kursk”. Sentence (June 2, 2021): Four years six months' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony, prohibition from engaging in activities… Status: at large.
In brief
Kursk Oblast · Kursk · Construction workers · Extremism cases, Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses
Sentence
4 years 6 months
Four years six months' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony, prohibition from engaging in activities related to posting appeals and other materials on public information and telecommunication networks, including the Internet, for a period of 5 years, 1 year of restriction of freedom
Upheld January 11, 2023
Charges
- Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Organization of the activities of an extremist organization
Full wording of the charges
continued to exercise organisational and leadership authority in a banned local Jehovah's Witnesses religious organisation (Kursk), convening conspiratorial meetings, preaching Jehovah's Witness ideas and distributing "extremist literature" at events
Latest event
February 22, 2023 — imprisonment ends
Timeline
· Imprisonment ends
· Cassation ruling
upheld
· Persecution ends
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 4 years 6 months
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Kursk Oblast
· Persecution begins
The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Kursk
Criminal case
The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Kursk
Other defendants in the case
- Alevtina Bagratyan — At large, 2 years
- Artem Bagratyan — At large, 2 years 6 months
- Vospitaniuk Aleksandr Sergeevich — At large, 2 years
- Andrey Ryshkov — At large, 3 years
Thematic group: The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Kursk
Details and sources
Full summary
On 16 October 2019, Andreev's home was searched and he was charged with organising activities of an extremist organisation. On 18 October, the court decided to send him to custody.
On 3 June 2021, he was sentenced to four and a half years in a general regime colony. He was released in February 2023.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
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