Boris Burylov
Boris Burylov, born 1941, Perm Krai. Charges: Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Organization of the activities of an extremist organization); “Second case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Perm”. Sentence (May 11, 2021): Two years six months' suspended imprisonment, ban on holding leading positions in religious organisations. Status: at large. Recognition: Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners — recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion, January 2, 2019; Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion, November 11, 2018.
In brief
Perm Krai · Perm · Pensioners · Extremism cases, Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses
Sentence
2 years 6 months
Two years six months' suspended imprisonment, ban on holding leading positions in religious organisations
Upheld May 11, 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 the organisation of the activities of a religious organisation in respect of which a decision has been taken to liquidate in connection with extremist activities
Latest event
August 22, 2024 — imprisonment ends
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion — Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners, January 2, 2019
- Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial Human Rights Centre, November 11, 2018
Timeline
· Imprisonment ends
· Persecution ends
· Removed from the Rosfinmonitoring list
· Cassation ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 2 years 6 months
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion
Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners
· Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion
Memorial Human Rights Centre
· Persecution begins
Second case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Perm
Criminal case
Second case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Perm
Other defendants in the case
- Yuri Vaag — At large, 2 years 6 months
- Alexander Inozemtsev — At large, 2 years 6 months
- Viktor Kuchkov — At large, 2 years 6 months
- Igor Turik — At large, 7 years
Thematic group: The second case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Perm
Details and sources
Full summary
He is suspected of committing an offence under part 1 of article 282.2 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("Organising the activities of a religious organisation in respect of which a decision has been taken to liquidate in connection with extremist activities"). The criminal case was initiated on 7 September 2018.
On 12 May 2021, sentenced to two and a half years suspended sentence.
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.