Vladimir Deshko
Vladimir Deshko, born 1967, Krasnodar Krai. Charges: Article 282.2 part 1.1, Russian Criminal Code (Involvement of a person in the activities of an extremist organization); Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in the activities of an extremist organization); “Second case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Sochi”. Sentence (March 27, 2022): One year four months of deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony. Status: at large.
In brief
Krasnodar Krai · Sochi · Electricians · Extremism cases, Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses
Sentence
1 year 4 months
One year four months of deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony
No information about an appeal ruling.
Charges
- Article 282.2 part 1.1, Russian Criminal Code — Involvement of a person in the activities of an extremist organization
- Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Participation in the activities of an extremist organization
Full wording of the charges
Participated in the activities and involvement in the activities of an extremist organisation
Latest event
November 28, 2022 — added to the rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
Timeline
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 1 year 4 months
· Persecution ends
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
TDF No. 3 Khosta, Sochi
· Persecution begins
Second case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Sochi
· Preventive measure: placement in a temporary detention facility
Criminal case
Second case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Sochi
Other defendants in the case
- Tatiana Velizhanina — At large, 1 year 5 months
- Yuri Loginsky — At large, 2 years
- Yuri Moskalev — At large, 2 years
Thematic group: The second case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Sochi
Details and sources
Full summary
Was detained on 24 March 2021. On 26 March, the court decided to send Deshko to custody in the case of involvement in the activities of an extremist organisation. In February 2022, it becomes known that Deshko was sent under house arrest. On 28 March, he was sentenced to a year and four months in a general regime colony, the term was considered served, and he was released in the courtroom.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 282.2 part 1.1, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.