Rinat Kiramov
Rinat Kiramov, born 1987, Astrakhan Oblast. 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 Jehovah’s Witnesses in Akhtubinsk”. Sentence (April 17, 2023): 7 years of deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony, to engage in activities related to the management of and… Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since November 9, 2021; place of detention: Penal colony No. 6, Tula Oblast. Recognition: Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, November 23, 2021.
In brief
Astrakhan Oblast · Akhtubinsk · Drivers · Extremism cases, Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses
Sentence
7 years
of deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony, to engage in activities related to the management of and participation in the work of public organisations for a period of 3 years, and 1 year of restricted freedom
Upheld March 18, 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, "organised meetings.... including through the use of videoconferencing ... namely in the form of a collective religious service consisting of public reproduction of audio and video recordings ... successive performances of songs from a special collection of Jehovah's Witnesses' religious teachings and prayers to Jehovah God".
Latest event
March 18, 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, November 23, 2021
Timeline
· Cassation ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 7 years
· 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 №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Astrakhan Oblast
· Persecution begins
The case of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Akhtubinsk
· Preventive measure: placement in a temporary detention facility
Criminal case
The case of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Akhtubinsk
- Case number
- 1-9/2023 (1-342/2022;)
Other defendants in the case
- Sergei Korolev — Imprisoned, 7 years
- Sergey Kosyanenko — Imprisoned, 7 years
Write a letter
Facility: Penal colony No. 6, Tula Oblast
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
301654, Тульская область, г. Новомосковск, ул. Центральная, 27, ФКУ «ИК № 6 УФСИН России по Тульской области», Кирамов Ринат Ильдусович, 1987 г.р.
Details and sources
Full summary
On 9 November 2021, he was detained after a search. The next day, the court sent him to custody on the case of organising activities of an extremist organisation in connection with his involvement in the Jehovah's Witnesses community. Representatives of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely for religious activities: meetings, joint worship services, attracting new supporters. In August 2022, Kiramov was also charged with financing extremist activities. On 17 April 2023, he was sentenced to seven years in a general regime colony.
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.