Boris Gerasimenko
- Criminal Code
- Article 284.1 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
- Verdict
- Ban on activity, Suspended prison sentence
- Sentence
- 2 years
- Date of verdict
- 2023-05-04
- Region
- Krasnodar Krai
- City
- Novorossiysk
Case summary
Resident of Novorossiysk. On 2 December 2021, he was detained in Ramenskoye near Moscow together with other participants of the conference of Protestant churches "New Generation", an organisation recognised as "undesirable" on the territory of the Russian Federation. On 10 March 2022, Gerasimenko was fined five thousand rubles under an administrative article on cooperation with an "undesirable organisation". Later, a criminal case was opened against him for participation in the activities of an "undesirable organisation": according to the investigation, he posted on his VKontakte page and on his YouTube channel materials of the New Generation Association of Churches. On 5 May 2023, Gerasimenko was sentenced to a two-year suspended sentence.
Others charged under Article 284.1 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
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