Yuri Belosludtsev
Yuri Belosludtsev, born 1964, Primorsky 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); “Case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Luchegorsk”. Sentence (January 30, 2022): six years' suspended sentence. Status: at large. 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, May 30, 2019.
In brief
Primorsky Krai · Luchegorsk settlement · Manual workers · Extremism cases, Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses
Sentence
6 years
six years' suspended sentence
Upheld October 17, 2022
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
Conducted talks aimed at explaining the norms, rules, regulations and restrictions to promote the activities of a banned organisation and participated directly in the meetings held
Latest event
October 17, 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, May 30, 2019
Timeline
· Cassation ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 6 years
· Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion
Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners
· Preventive measure: house arrest
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion
Memorial Human Rights Centre
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Primorsky Krai
· Persecution begins
Case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Luchegorsk
Criminal case
Case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Luchegorsk
Other defendants in the case
- Sergey Sergeyev — At large, 6 years
Thematic group: The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Luchegorsk
Details and sources
Full summary
On 17 March 2019, detained after a search and taken into custody and charged with organising activities of an extremist organisation on the next day. On 26 September he was transferred to house arrest, later released on his own recognisance. Later it became known that he was charged with participation in the activities of an extremist organisation and involvement of people in said activities. On 31 January 2022 he was sentenced to six years' suspended sentence.
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.