Kirill Evstigneev
Kirill Evstigneev, born 1979, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast. Charges: Article 282.3 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Financing of extremist activities); “Kirill Yevstigneev's case”. Sentence (May 12, 2022): 3 years' suspended prison sentence with a probationary period of 3 years. Status: at large. Recognition: Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion.
In brief
Nizhny Novgorod Oblast · Nizhny Novgorod · Manual workers · Extremism cases, Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses
Sentence
3 years
suspended prison sentence with a probationary period of 3 years
Upheld July 31, 2022
Charges
- Article 282.3 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Financing of extremist activities
Full wording of the charges
According to the investigators, he rented non-residential premises for the meetings of the participants of the banned local community "Tsentralnaya, Nizhny Novgorod".
Latest event
July 17, 2025 — removed from the rosfinmonitoring list
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial Human Rights Centre
Timeline
· Removed from the Rosfinmonitoring list
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 3 years
· Preventive measure: travel ban (written undertaking)
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Persecution begins
Kirill Yevstigneev's case
Criminal case
Kirill Yevstigneev's case
- Case number
- 12001220089000380
Details and sources
Full summary
On 17 July 2019, Yevstigneev's home was searched. On 2 September 2020, he was charged with finding the extremist activities. On 24 August 2021, Yevstigneev signed acknowledgement of travel restrictions. On 12 May 2022, he was sentenced to a three-year suspended sentence.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 282.3 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.