Aleksandr Kolesnikov
Aleksandr Kolesnikov, born 1980, Volgograd Oblast. Charges: Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in the activities of an extremist organization); “The Tablighi Jamaat case in Volgograd”. Sentence (September 11, 2022): suspended sentence of 2 years with a 2-year ban on educational activities related to managing and engaging in public… Status: at large.
In brief
Volgograd Oblast · Volgograd · Extremism cases
Sentence
2 years
suspended sentence of 2 years with a 2-year ban on educational activities related to managing and engaging in public organizations
Upheld July 12, 2023
Charges
- Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Participation in the activities of an extremist organization
Full wording of the charges
According to the investigation, Kolesnikov "conducted activities aimed at studying and spreading extremist ideology, preached said ideology, held meetings to determine the plans and goals of the organization, and committed other actions in favour of this religious association".
Latest event
April 11, 2025 — persecution ends
Timeline
· Persecution ends
· Removed from the Rosfinmonitoring list
· Cassation ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 2 years
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Persecution begins
The Tablighi Jamaat case in Volgograd
Criminal case
The Tablighi Jamaat case in Volgograd
- Case number
- 1-50/2022 (1-392/2021;)
Other defendants in the case
- Aslan Vakuev — At large, 2 years
- Amanat Lukpanov — Location unknown, 2 years
- Gilman Nitaliev — Location unknown, 2 years
- Batr Urazov — Location unknown, 2 years
Thematic group: "Tablighi Jamaat" case in Volgograd
Details and sources
Full summary
A resident of Volgograd. Detained in July 2020 on charges of participation in the activities of an extremist organisation for being involved in the activities of the Islamic movement Tablighi Jamaat. Its adherents are persecuted solely because of their religious activities. On 12 September 2022, given two years of suspended sentence.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.