Boris Andreev
Boris Andreev, born 1951, Primorsky Krai. Charges: Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Organization of the activities of an extremist organization); Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in the activities of an extremist organization); “The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Yaroslavskyi”. Sentence (July 10, 2024): 6 years' deprivation of liberty with time served in a general regime penal colony. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since October 6, 2022; place of detention: Penal colony No. 8, Amur Oblast. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion.
In brief
Primorsky Krai · NULL · Office workers · Extremism cases, Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses
Sentence
6 years
deprivation of liberty with time served in a general regime penal colony
Upheld October 3, 2024
Charges
- Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Organization of the activities of an extremist organization
- Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Participation in the activities of an extremist organization
Full wording of the charges
participated in the activities of an extremist organisation
Latest event
October 3, 2024 — appeal
The court upheld the verdict.
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
Timeline
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 6 years
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Primorsky Krai
· Persecution begins
The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Yaroslavskyi
Criminal case
The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Yaroslavskyi
- Case number
- 1-183/2023
Other defendants in the case
- Anatoly Lee — Imprisoned, 6 years 5 months
- Natalia Sharapova — At large with restrictions, 2 years 11 months
Thematic group: The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Yaroslavsky
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Facility: Penal colony No. 8, Amur Oblast
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
675010, Амурская область, г.Благовещенск, ул. Албазинская, 45, ФКУ «ИК № 8 УФСИН России по Амурской области», Андреев Борис Иванович, 1951 г.р.
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Full summary
Resident of the village of Yaroslavsky (Primorsky region od Russia). Worked as a dispatcher of the unified duty dispatch service. On 16 May 2022, Andreev's house was searched and he was taken into custody on charges of organising activities of an extremist organisation due to his involvement with 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. Due to the long detention in the pre-trial detention centre and lack of full-fledged physical activity, Andreev found it difficult to perform the simplest actions, started having heart problems and dizziness. He was also diagnosed with a pre-cancerous condition and needs to be regularly monitored by specialists.
On 10 July 2024 Andreev was sentenced to six years in a general regime colony.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.