Vadim Gizatulin
Vadim Gizatulin, born 1968, Chelyabinsk Oblast. Charges: Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in the activities of an extremist organization); “The case of Vadim Gizatulin”. Sentence (December 7, 2022): 2 years' suspended prison sentence. Status: at large.
In brief
Chelyabinsk Oblast · Chelyabinsk · Electricians · Extremism cases, Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses
Sentence
2 years
suspended prison sentence
Upheld February 6, 2023
Charges
- Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Participation in the activities of an extremist organization
Full wording of the charges
According to the investigation, he participated in Jehovah's Witnesses services, sang religious songs and prayed to Jehovah God
Latest event
December 18, 2024 — removed from the rosfinmonitoring list
Timeline
· Removed from the Rosfinmonitoring list
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· Imprisonment begins
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 2 years
· Preventive measure: travel ban (written undertaking)
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Persecution begins
The case of Vadim Gizatulin
Criminal case
The case of Vadim Gizatulin
Thematic group: The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Chelyabinsk
Details and sources
Full summary
Resident of Chelyabinsk, electrician. On 26 March 2019, his home was searched as part of the criminal case against Vladimir Suvorov for organising activities of an extremist organisation. On 22 October 2021, Gizatulin was searched as part of the case of participation in the activities of an extremist organisation, which had already been brought against himself. In July 2022, he signed a covenant not to leave the country. On 7 December 2022, Gizatulin was sentenced to a two-year suspended sentence.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
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