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Boris Gerasimenko

At largeChecked October 18, 2026

Boris Gerasimenko, Krasnodar Krai. Charges: Article 284.1 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in the activities of an undesirable organization); “The case of Boris Gerasimenko”. Sentence (May 4, 2023): 2 years' deprivation of liberty on probation for 2 years, with deprivation of the right to engage in activities related… Status: at large.

In brief

Krasnodar Krai · Novorossiysk · NGO staff

Sentence

2 years

deprivation of liberty on probation for 2 years, with deprivation of the right to engage in activities related to the administration of websites using electronic and informational and telecommunicational networks, including the Internet, for 5 years

Verdict May 4, 2023

No information about an appeal ruling.

Charges

Full wording of the charges

10.03.2022, by the decision of the Ramenskiy City Court of the Moscow region, Gerasimenko B.B. was brought to administrative responsibility under article 20.33 of the Code of Administrative Offences of the Russian Federation in connection with participation in the activities of an international non-governmental organisation on the territory of the Russian Federation, in respect to which a decision was taken to declare its activities undesirable on the territory of the Russian Federation - the International Christian Movement "New Generation", which was expressed in the fact that on 02.12.2021 at 17:35 hours B.B. Gerasimenko, being at the address: Moscow region. According to the investigation, despite this, stored and thereby distributed on the personal pages of users used personally by Gerasimenko with the pseudonyms "Boris" (e-mail address: <danii yatty>), "Novorossiysk" (<danii yatty>), "Boris Gerasimenko" (<danii yatty>), which are openly accessible to an indefinite number of persons among the users of the social network "YouTube" and "VKontakte", information materials, published by the foreign non-governmental organisation Spiritual Administration of Evangelical Christians of the Ukrainian Christian Church "New Generation" (Ukraine), "Evangelisko kristiesu baznica "Jauna Paaudze" (Evangelical Christian Church "New Generation") (Republic of Latvia), International Christian Movement "New Generation" (Republic of Latvia).

Latest event

May 4, 2023 — first-instance verdict

The court delivered a guilty verdict: 2 years.

Checked October 18, 2026 · no changes since October 15

Timeline

  1. · First-instance verdict

    guilty verdict · 2 years

  2. · Persecution begins

    The case of Boris Gerasimenko

  3. · Preventive measure: travel ban (written undertaking)

Criminal case

The case of Boris Gerasimenko

There are no other defendants in this case in the database.

Thematic group: The case of the "New Generation"

Details and sources

Full summary

According to OVD-Info

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.

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