Mikhail Gordeev
Mikhail Gordeev, born 1959, Karelia. Charges: Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Organization of the activities of an extremist organization); “The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Karelia”. Sentence (July 28, 2023): a fine of 450 thousand roubles. Status: at large. Recognition: Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners — recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion, December 11, 2020; Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion, April 5, 2020.
In brief
Karelia · Petrozavodsk · Drivers · Extremism cases, Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses
Sentence
a fine of 450 thousand roubles
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
Participated in organising activities of an extremist organisation
Latest event
October 16, 2024 — removed from the rosfinmonitoring list
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion — Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners, December 11, 2020
- Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial Human Rights Centre, April 5, 2020
Timeline
· Removed from the Rosfinmonitoring list
· Persecution ends
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict
· Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion
Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners
· Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion
Memorial Human Rights Centre
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Preventive measure: travel ban (written undertaking)
· Persecution begins
The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Karelia
Criminal case
The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Karelia
Other defendants in the case
- Maxim Amosov — At large
- Mykola Leshchenko — At large
- Ravnushkin Dmitrii Vasilevich — At large
Thematic group: The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Karelia
Details and sources
Full summary
On 5 September 2019, Gordeev was detained at his workplace and questioned as part of a criminal case on organising activities of an extremist organisation. A signature of non-departure was taken. On 28 July 2023, he was sentenced to a fine of 450 thousand rubles.
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.