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Nikolay Bogoslavsky

At largeChecked October 18, 2026

Nikolay Bogoslavsky, Krasnodar Krai. Charges: Article 284.1 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in the activities of an undesirable organization); “The case of Nikolai Bogoslavsky”. Sentence (April 4, 2023): 1 year in a penal colony. Status: at large. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, February 21, 2024.

In brief

Krasnodar Krai · Anapa · Religious figures

Sentence

1 year

in a penal colony

Verdict April 4, 2023

Upheld October 19, 2023

Charges

Full wording of the charges

According to the investigation, he partook in the activities of the Latvian International Christian Movement "New Generation", which was recognised as an "undesirable organisation". In February 2022, Bogoslavsky was fined five thousand rubles under the administrative article on carrying out activities of an "undesirable organisation" (20.33 of the Administrative Code) in connection with a conference that took place in December 2021 in Ramenskoye near Moscow.

Latest event

June 1, 2024 — imprisonment ends

Checked October 18, 2026 · no changes since October 15

Recognition by rights defenders

Timeline

  1. · Imprisonment ends

  2. · Imprisonment begins

  3. · Recognised as a political prisoner

    Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners

  4. · Cassation ruling

    upheld

  5. · First-instance verdict

    guilty verdict · 1 year

  6. · Persecution begins

    The case of Nikolai Bogoslavsky

Criminal case

The case of Nikolai Bogoslavsky

There are no other defendants in this case in the database.

Thematic group: The case of the "New Generation"

Details and sources

Full summary

According to OVD-Info

Pastor of Christ the Saviour Evangelical Church in Anapa. Detained in August 2022. VK Press news outlet claims that Bogoslavskyy (or another defendant in the case, Nikolai Ulitin) "created an entire network" in Russia to collect donations for the Ukrainian battalions Azov and Aidar. On 4 April 2023, Bogoslavsky was sentenced to a year in a penal colony. Presumably, he was released in June 2024.

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