Evgeniy Kim
Evgeniy Kim, born 1974, Amur Oblast. Charges: Article 282 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Incitement of hatred or enmity); Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Organization of the activities of an extremist organization); “Case of Evgeniy Kim”. Sentence (June 18, 2017): Three years nine months' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony with restriction of liberty for one year. Status: at large. Recognition: Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, September 27, 2017; Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as a political prisoner, September 9, 2017.
In brief
Amur Oblast · Blagoveshchensk · Unemployed · Extremism cases
Sentence
3 years 9 months
Three years nine months' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony with restriction of liberty for one year
No information about an appeal ruling.
Charges
- Article 282 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Incitement of hatred or enmity
- Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Organization of the activities of an extremist organization
Full wording of the charges
For seven years, he has been propagating the organisation's ideas and distributing banned literature, inciting religious hatred
Latest event
July 17, 2026 — removed from the rosfinmonitoring list
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion — Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners, September 27, 2017
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial Human Rights Centre, September 9, 2017
Timeline
· Removed from the Rosfinmonitoring list
· Persecution ends
· Imprisonment ends
· Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion
Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial Human Rights Centre
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 3 years 9 months
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Persecution begins
Case of Evgeniy Kim
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Amur Oblast
Criminal case
Case of Evgeniy Kim
Thematic group: The case of Nurcist (Nurcu followers) in the Amur Oblast
Details and sources
Full summary
In December 2015, he was arrested on charges of organising the activities of the banned organisation "Nurdzhular", searches were carried out, a psychological and linguistic examination of statements was conducted, which revealed signs of incitement to ethnic and religious hatred. On 19 June 2017, he was sentenced to three years and nine months in prison.
On 29 January 2019, the Main Department of Internal Affairs of the Sverdlovsk region invalidated the decision to grant Kim Russian citizenship.
On 10 April, Kim was released from prison. The day before, his passport was confiscated, and immediately after leaving the colony, a report on violation of the rules of stay was drawn up on him, after which the court decided to fine him and expel him from the country. Kim was placed in the Centre for Temporary Detention of Foreign Citizens in Khabarovsk Krai.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 282 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.