Bazhenov Konstantin Viktorovich
- Criminal Code
- Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
- Case category
- Extremism casesCases against Jehovah's Witnesses
- Verdict
- Imprisonment (general regime)
- Sentence
- 3 years 6 months
- Date of verdict
- 2019-09-19
- Region
- Saratov Oblast
- City
- Saratov
Case summary
On 12 June 2018, he was detained after a search, arrested on June 14 on charges of organising activities of an extremist organisation. On 20 May 2019, he was released from the pre-trial detention centre, a preventive measure in the form of ban on certain actions was selected.
On September 20, he was sentenced to three and a half years in a general regime colony.
On 15 May 2020, it became known that Bazhenov's Russian citizenship was revoked. On 5 May 2021, he was released on parole, but immediately detained for deportation to Ukraine. On May 19, he was deported.
Others charged under Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
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