Sergey Kazakov
Sergey Kazakov, born 1974, Khabarovsk Krai. Charges: Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Organization of the activities of an extremist organization); Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in the activities of an extremist organization); “The sixth case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Khabarovsk Krai”. Sentenced on October 31, 2023. Status: at large. Recognition: Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, August 11, 2021.
In brief
Khabarovsk Krai · Khabarovsk · Emergency services personnel · Extremism cases, Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses
Sentence
Fine
First instance, August 3, 2023: a fine of 500 thousand roubles
Charges
- Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Organization of the activities of an extremist organization
- Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Participation in the activities of an extremist organization
Full wording of the charges
Involved in organising and participating in the activities of an extremist organisation
Latest event
October 31, 2023 — appeal
The court changed the sentence.
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial Human Rights Centre, August 11, 2021
Timeline
· Appeal ruling
sentence changed
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict
· Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion
Memorial Human Rights Centre
· Preventive measure: ban on certain activities
· Preventive measure: house arrest
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Khabarovsk Territory
· Persecution begins
The sixth case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Khabarovsk Krai
· Preventive measure: placement in a temporary detention facility
Criminal case
The sixth case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Khabarovsk Krai
Other defendants in the case
- Olga Mirgorodskaya — At large
Thematic group: The sixth case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Khabarovsk Krai
Details and sources
Full summary
On 21 December 2020, he was detained in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky and taken to Khabarovsk Krai. Later, the court ruled to place him in custody in a case on the activities of an extremist organisation. On 4 June 2021, he was transferred to house arrest. On 5 August he was released from house arrest and a preventive measure in the form of a prohibition of certain actions was chosen. On 28 February 2022, the court sent the case to the prosecutor's office, but on 28 April the court of appeal overturned this decision and sent the case for review. On 3 August 2023, he was sentenced to a fine of 500,000 roubles. On 31 October, the court of appeal reduced the amount to 200 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.