Evgeny Godunov
Evgeny Godunov, born 1986, Tula Oblast. Charges: Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Organization of the activities of an extremist organization); “The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Tula”. Sentence (November 20, 2023): 6 years 6 months' suspended imprisonment. Status: at large. Recognition: Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion, August 11, 2021.
In brief
Tula Oblast · Tula · Service workers · Extremism cases, Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses
Sentence
6 years 6 months
suspended imprisonment
No information about an appeal ruling.
Charges
- Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Organization of the activities of an extremist organization
Full wording of the charges
Involved in organising the activities of an extremist organisation
Latest event
December 6, 2023 — imprisonment begins
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial Human Rights Centre, August 11, 2021
Timeline
· Imprisonment begins
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 6 years 6 months
· Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion
Memorial Human Rights Centre
· Preventive measure: travel ban (written undertaking)
· Preventive measure: house arrest
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
· Persecution begins
The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Tula
· Preventive measure: placement in a temporary detention facility
Criminal case
The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Tula
Other defendants in the case
- Gourami Labadze — At large, 6 years 6 months
- Yulia Popkova — At large, 2 years 6 months
- Angela Putivskaya — At large, 2 years 6 months
Thematic group: The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Tula
Details and sources
Full summary
On 13 April 2021, Godunov's home was searched. He was detained after interrogation in a case on the activities of an extremist organisation. On 15 April, the court decided to place him in custody. In May he was transferred to house arrest, in July he was released on his own recognisance. On 20 November 2023, he was sentenced to six and a half years' suspended sentence.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.