Andriy Kolesnichenko
Andriy Kolesnichenko, born 1970, Tomsk Oblast. Charges: Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in the activities of an extremist organization); “The case of Andrei Kolesnichenko”. Sentence (June 29, 2022): four years' suspended sentence. Status: at large. Recognition: Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion, August 11, 2021.
In brief
Tomsk Oblast · Seversk · Entrepreneurs · Extremism cases, Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses
Sentence
4 years
four years' suspended sentence
First instance, January 19, 2022: 4 years
Charges
- Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Participation in the activities of an extremist organization
Full wording of the charges
participated in a closed conspiratorial meeting in the form of a collective religious service consisting of playing audio recordings and video recordings.... singing songs from a special collection of Jehovah's Witnesses religious teachings and prayers to Jehovah God
Latest event
June 29, 2022 — appeal
The court changed the sentence to 4 years.
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial Human Rights Centre, August 11, 2021
Timeline
· Appeal ruling
sentence changed · 4 years
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 4 years
· Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion
Memorial Human Rights Centre
· Persecution begins
The case of Andrei Kolesnichenko
Criminal case
The case of Andrei Kolesnichenko
Details and sources
Full summary
On 14 July 2020, Kolesnichenko's house was searched. A criminal case on participation in the activities of an extremist organisation was initiated in March 2021. Personal recognizance was taken. On 20 January 2022 he was sentenced to four years of general regime penal colony. On 30 July, the court of appeal replaced the real term with a suspended one.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
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