Bazhenov Konstantin Viktorovich
Bazhenov Konstantin Viktorovich, born 1975, Saratov 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 the Saratov region”. Sentence (September 19, 2019): Three years and six months' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony, one year's restriction of liberty and a… Status: not in Russia. Recognition: Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, January 8, 2020; Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, January 8, 2020.
In brief
Saratov Oblast · Saratov · Construction workers · Extremism cases, Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses
Sentence
3 years 6 months
Three years and six months' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony, one year's restriction of liberty and a ban on holding senior positions in public organisations for five years
Upheld September 7, 2022
Charges
- Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Organization of the activities of an extremist organization
Full wording of the charges
Participated in organising the activities of an extremist organisation
Latest event
September 7, 2022 — cassation
The court upheld the verdict.
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion — Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners, January 8, 2020
- Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial Human Rights Centre, January 8, 2020
Timeline
· Cassation ruling
upheld
· Persecution ends
· Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion
Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Saratov Oblast
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 3 years 6 months
· 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 Saratov Oblast
· Persecution begins
The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in the Saratov region
· Preventive measure: placement in a temporary detention facility
Criminal case
The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in the Saratov region
Other defendants in the case
- Alexey Budenchuk — At large, 3 years 6 months
- Gennady German — At large, 2 years
- Roman Gridasov — At large, 2 years
- Felix Mahammadiev — Not in Russia, 3 years
- Alexey Miretsky — At large, 2 years
Thematic group: The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in the Saratov region
Details and sources
Full 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.
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.