Igor Kletkin
Igor Kletkin, born 1961, Khabarovsk Krai. Charges: Article 282.2 part 1.1, Russian Criminal Code (Involvement of a person in the activities of an extremist organization); Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in the activities of an extremist organization); “Jehovah's Witnesses' case in Nikolaevsk-on-Amur”. Sentence (July 30, 2024): 6 years' sentence on probation. Status: at large. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion, October 19, 2021.
In brief
Khabarovsk Krai · Nikolaevsk-on-Amur · Pensioners · Extremism cases, Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses
Sentence
6 years
sentence on probation
No information about an appeal ruling.
Charges
- Article 282.2 part 1.1, Russian Criminal Code — Involvement of a person in 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
Participation and involvement in the activities of an extremist organisation
Latest event
August 15, 2024 — imprisonment begins
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, October 19, 2021
Timeline
· Imprisonment begins
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 6 years
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
· Preventive measure: travel ban (written undertaking)
· Persecution begins
Jehovah's Witnesses' case in Nikolaevsk-on-Amur
Criminal case
Jehovah's Witnesses' case in Nikolaevsk-on-Amur
- Case number
- 1-54/2023 (1-413/2022)
Other defendants in the case
- Mykola Kononenko — At large, 6 years
- Nadezhda Korobochko — At large, 5 years
Thematic group: The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Nikolayevsk-on-Amur
Details and sources
Full summary
In October 2021, law enforcers in Nikolaevsk-on-Amur searched the homes of Jehovah's Witnesses, who were accused of extremism because of their religion. Kletkin was placed for two days in a temporary detention centre. He was charged with participation in the activities of an extremist organisation. The court refused to place Kletkin in custody, after which the investigator took his signature on recognizance not to leave. On 30 July 2024, Kletkin was sentenced to six years' sentence on probation.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 282.2 part 1.1, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.