Egor Baranov
Egor Baranov, born 2001, Khabarovsk Krai. Charges: Article 282.2 part 1.1, Russian Criminal Code (Involvement of a person in 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 Yegor Baranov”. Sentence (February 28, 2023): four years six months suspended sentence. Status: at large. Recognition: Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners — recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion, December 11, 2020; Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion.
In brief
Khabarovsk Krai · Vyazemsky · Students · Extremism cases, Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses
Sentence
4 years 6 months
four years six months suspended sentence
First instance, June 5, 2022: 5 years
Charges
- Article 282.2 part 1.1, Russian Criminal Code — Involvement of a person in 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
Baranov participated in the activities of an extremist organization and the recruitment of new members of an extremist organization.
Latest event
October 29, 2024 — persecution ends
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion — Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners, December 11, 2020
- Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial Human Rights Centre
Timeline
· Persecution ends
· Appeal ruling
sentence changed · 4 years 6 months
· Preventive measure: travel ban (written undertaking)
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 5 years
· Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion
Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners
· Preventive measure: ban on certain activities
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Khabarovsk Territory
· Persecution begins
The case of Yegor Baranov
Criminal case
The case of Yegor Baranov
Thematic group: The fifth case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Khabarovsk Krai
Details and sources
Full summary
On 27 May 2020, law enforcement agencies searched Baranov's home and took him for interrogation. On 29 May, a court placed him into custody on charges of participation in activities of an extremist organization and recruitment of new members. On 20 November, a court chose a preventive measure in the form of a ban on certain actions, and on 6 June 2022, sentenced him to five years' suspended sentence. On 1 March 2023, a court of appeal reduced the sentence by six months.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 282.2 part 1.1, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.