Yuri Chernykh
- Criminal Code
- Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
- Case category
- Extremism casesCases against Jehovah's Witnesses
- Verdict
- Compulsory labour
- Date of verdict
- 2023-09-28
- Region
- Kemerovo Oblast
- City
- Prokopyevsk
- Facility
- ЛИУ-16 Кемеровской области
- Address for letters
- 654101, ул. Левашова д. 42А, Кемеровская область, г. Новокузнецк, п. Абагур Лесной, ЛИУ-16 Кемеровской области, Черных Юрий Алексеевич, 1975 г.р.
Case summary
A coalman, a resident of Prokopyevsk (the Kemerovo region). On 12 July 2020, his house was searched because he appeared a witness in the case of another resident of Prokopyevsk, Andrei Vlasov, accused of organising activities of an extremist organisation. On 10 November Chernykh was searched again, this time as a suspect in the case of participation in the activities of an extremist organisation. On 26 April 2022, he was given a covenant not to leave. On 28 September 2023 Chernykh was sentenced to three years of forced labour.
Others charged under Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
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