Alexander Bondarchuk
Alexander Bondarchuk, born 1974, Kemerovo Oblast. Charges: Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in the activities of an extremist organization); Article 282.3 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code (Financing extremist activities); “The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Kemerovo”. Sentence (June 21, 2021): Four years' imprisonment suspended with a probationary period of four years. 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, September 22, 2019.
In brief
Kemerovo Oblast · Kemerovo · Manual workers · Extremism cases, Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses
Sentence
4 years
Four years' imprisonment suspended with a probationary period of four years
Upheld September 14, 2023
Charges
- Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Participation in the activities of an extremist organization
- Article 282.3 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code — Financing extremist activities
Full wording of the charges
participated in the activities of an extremist organisation
Latest event
September 15, 2023 — persecution ends
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, September 22, 2019
Timeline
· Persecution ends
· Court ruling
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 4 years
· Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion
Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners
· Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion
Memorial Human Rights Centre
· Preventive measure: house arrest
· Preventive measure: placement in a temporary detention facility
· Persecution begins
The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Kemerovo
Criminal case
The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Kemerovo
Other defendants in the case
- Sergey Yavushkin — At large, 4 years
Thematic group: The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Kemerovo
Details and sources
Full summary
On 23 January 2018 and 22 July 2019, Bondarchuk's house was searched, after the second he was detained. On 24 July, the court sent him under house arrest in the case of participation in an extremist organisation.
On 13 January 2020, Bondarchuk was also accused of financing extremist activities.
On 22 June 2021, he was sentenced to a four-year suspended sentence.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.