Sergey Gromov
Sergey Gromov, born 1969, Tatarstan. Charges: Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Organization of the activities of an extremist organization); Article 282.3 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Financing of extremist activities); “The case of Sergei Gromov”. Sentence (September 14, 2023): 6 years and 1 month in prison. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since March 15, 2022; place of detention: Penal colony No. 2, Tatarstan. Recognition: Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, March 23, 2022.
In brief
Tatarstan · Kazan · Artists · Extremism cases, Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses
Sentence
6 years 1 month
6 years and 1 month in prison
Upheld October 6, 2024
Charges
- Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Organization of the activities of an extremist organization
- Article 282.3 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Financing of extremist activities
Full wording of the charges
According to the investigation, he continued the activities of the liquidated religious organisation by the means of keeping the religious meetings going at his place of residence.
Latest event
October 6, 2024 — cassation
The court upheld the verdict.
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial Human Rights Centre, March 23, 2022
Timeline
· Cassation ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 6 years 1 month
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion
Memorial Human Rights Centre
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Republic of Tatarstan
· Persecution begins
The case of Sergei Gromov
· Preventive measure: placement in a temporary detention facility
Criminal case
The case of Sergei Gromov
Write a letter
Facility: Penal colony No. 2, Tatarstan
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
420021, Республика Татарстан, г. Казань, ул. Производственная, д. 18, ФКУ ИК № 2 УФСИН России по Республике Татарстан, Громов Сергей Викторович, 1969 г.р.
Details and sources
Full summary
He was detained on 15 March 2022 at an airport in Moscow. Gromov was transported to Kazan, where he was searched. On 17 March, the court placed him into custody as a suspect in a case of organising activities of an extremist organisation in connection with his involvement in the Jehovah's Witnesses. Members of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely for religious activities: meetings, joint worship services, attracting new supporters. Later he was also charged with financing extremist activities. On 14 September 2023, Gromov was sentenced to six years and one month in prison.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
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