Sergey Korolchuk
Sergey Korolchuk, born 1967, Primorsky Krai. Charges: Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Organization of the activities of an extremist organization); “The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Ussuriysk”. Sentence (November 30, 2022): 6 years of suspended imprisonment. Status: at large. Recognition: Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners — recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion, December 11, 2020; Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion, April 5, 2020.
In brief
Primorsky Krai · Ussuriysk · Pensioners · Extremism cases, Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses
Sentence
6 years
of suspended imprisonment
Upheld May 18, 2023
Charges
- Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Organization of the activities of an extremist organization
Full wording of the charges
Participated in organising the activities of an extremist organisation
Latest event
May 18, 2023 — appeal
The court upheld the verdict.
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion — Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners, December 11, 2020
- Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial Human Rights Centre, April 5, 2020
Timeline
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· Imprisonment begins
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 6 years
· Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion
Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners
· Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion
Memorial Human Rights Centre
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Preventive measure: travel ban (written undertaking)
· Persecution begins
The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Ussuriysk
· Preventive measure: placement in a temporary detention facility
Criminal case
The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Ussuriysk
Other defendants in the case
- Dmitry Tishchenko — At large, 6 years
- Anton Chermnykh — At large, 6 years
Thematic group: The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Ussuriysk
Details and sources
Full summary
On June 18, 2019, he was detained after a search and spent two days in a temporary detention facility. Charges were brought against organizing the activities of an extremist organization and a written undertaking not to leave the place was taken. In March 2020, the prosecutor's office returned the case for further investigation. On November 30, 2022, he was sentenced to six years probation.
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.