Sergey Kobelev
Sergey Kobelev, born 1975, Primorsky Krai. Charges: Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Organization of the activities of an extremist organization); “Case of Evgenii Grinenko, Svetlana Efremova and Sergei Kobelev”. Sentence (February 2, 2023): Six years' imprisonment suspended with a probationary period of five years. Status: at large. Recognition: Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion, July 24, 2020.
In brief
Primorsky Krai · Lesozavodsk · Electricians · Extremism cases, Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses
Sentence
6 years
Six years' imprisonment suspended with a probationary period of five years
Upheld April 25, 2023
Charges
- Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Organization of the activities of an extremist organization
Full wording of the charges
Carried out organisational activities to convene and conduct assemblies, and participated directly in the assemblies held
Latest event
April 26, 2023 — imprisonment begins
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial Human Rights Centre, July 24, 2020
Timeline
· Imprisonment begins
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 6 years
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Preventive measure: travel ban (written undertaking)
· Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion
Memorial Human Rights Centre
· Persecution begins
Case of Evgenii Grinenko, Svetlana Efremova and Sergei Kobelev
Criminal case
Case of Evgenii Grinenko, Svetlana Efremova and Sergei Kobelev
Other defendants in the case
- Evgenii Grinenko — At large, 6 years
- Svetlana Efremova — At large, 3 years
Thematic group: The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Lesozavodsk
Details and sources
Full summary
On 12 May 2020, detained after a search as part of a case of organising activities of an extremist organisation, released the same day. On 8 March 2021, it becomes known that a case of participation and involvement in the activities of an extremist organisation has been opened against Kobelev. On 10 March he signed the recognizance not to leave. Later the charge was reclassified to organising the activities of an extremist organisation. 3 February 2023 sentenced to six years suspended sentence.
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.