Alexey Bogatov
- Criminal Code
- Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
- Case category
- Extremism casesCases against Jehovah's Witnesses
- Verdict
- Ban on activity, Suspended prison sentence, Restriction of liberty
- Sentence
- 6 years
- Date of verdict
- 2023-11-23
- Region
- Saratov Oblast
- City
- Balakovo
Case summary
In May-June 2021, residents of Balakovo city were followed and their conversations were recorded. A month later, searches took place in 8 homes of Jehovah's Witnesses.
Alexei Bogatov, Vladimir Mavrin, Yevgeny Fomashin, Andrei Murych and Sergei Tyurin were placed in a temporary detention centre after overnight interrogations. Two days later they were imprisoned in a pre-trial detention centre 170 kilometres away from home. The court repeatedly extended the period of detention of the believers in the pre-trial detention centre, as a result of which they spent 10 months in custody.
In January 2023, the court decided to change the believers' preventive measure to a ban on certain actions. On 29 June 2023, the case came before the Balakovo District Court of the Saratov Region. On 23 November 2023, Bogatov was sentenced to six years' suspended sentence.
Others charged under Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
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