Sergey Klimov
Sergey Klimov, born 1970, Tomsk Oblast. Charges: Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Organization of the activities of an extremist organization); “The case of Sergei Klimov”. Sentence (November 4, 2019): six years' imprisonment in an ordinary regiment colony. Status: at large. Recognition: Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, September 15, 2018; Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, September 15, 2018.
In brief
Tomsk Oblast · Tomsk · Entrepreneurs · Extremism cases, Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses
Sentence
6 years
six years' imprisonment in an ordinary regiment colony
Upheld January 26, 2022
Charges
- Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Organization of the activities of an extremist organization
Full wording of the charges
Between August 2017 and May 2018, he organised the activities of the religious community and carried out missionary activities with the aim of attracting citizens to the ranks of Jehovah's Witnesses.
Latest event
July 26, 2023 — imprisonment ends
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial Human Rights Centre, September 15, 2018
- Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion — Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners, September 15, 2018
Timeline
· Imprisonment ends
· Persecution ends
· Cassation ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 6 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 Tomsk Oblast
· Persecution begins
The case of Sergei Klimov
Criminal case
The case of Sergei Klimov
Details and sources
Full summary
Detained on 3 June 2018 and arrested on 5 June on charges of organising activities of an extremist organisation. On 5 November 2019, sentenced to six years in a penal colony. Released on 26 July 2023.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
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