Vladimir Ermolaev
- Criminal Code
- Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
- Case category
- Extremism casesCases against Jehovah's Witnesses
- Verdict
- Imprisonment (general regime)
- Sentence
- 6 years 6 months
- Date of verdict
- 2022-06-05
- Region
- Zabaykalsky Krai
- City
- Chita
- Facility
- ФКУ «ИК № 3 УФСИН России по Забайкальскому краю»
- Address for letters
- 672042, Забайкальский край, г. Чита, ул. Угданский проезд, 61, ФКУ «ИК № 3 УФСИН России по Забайкальскому краю», Ермолаев Владимир Владимирович, 1988 г.р.
Recognition by human rights organisations
- Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religionby Memorial Human Rights Centre, 5 April 2020
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Case summary
He was detained on 10 February 2020 after a search in connection with a case concerning the organisation of the activities of an extremist organisation, due to his alleged involvement with the Jehovah’s Witnesses community. Representatives of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely for religious activities: meetings, joint worship, and attracting new members. On 12 February the court decided to place Ermolaev under house arrest. On 3 April, he was released under recognisance not to leave. On 6 June 2022, he was sentenced to six and a half years in a general regime penal colony and taken into custody.
Others charged under Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
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