Eugene Korotun
Eugene Korotun, born 1970, Tomsk Oblast. Charges: Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Organization of the activities of an extremist organization); “The case of Yevgeny Korotun”. Sentence (January 19, 2022): seven years' imprisonment in a general regime colony. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since July 14, 2020; place of detention: Penal colony No. 13, Sverdlovsk Oblast.
In brief
Tomsk Oblast · Seversk · Pensioners · Extremism cases, Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses
Sentence
7 years
seven years' imprisonment in a general regime colony
Upheld March 15, 2023
Charges
- Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Organization of the activities of an extremist organization
Full wording of the charges
From July 2017 to July 2020, in ZATO of Seversk, Tomsk region, he participated in organising the activities of a banned local Jehovah's Witnesses community, knowing that it was banned, held "closed conspiratorial meetings", distributed banned literature and worked to "recruit and engage new participants from among the residents of Seversk"
Latest event
March 15, 2023 — cassation
The court upheld the verdict.
Timeline
· Cassation ruling
upheld
· Imprisonment begins
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 7 years
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Tomsk Oblast
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Preventive measure: house arrest
· Persecution begins
The case of Yevgeny Korotun
· Preventive measure: placement in a temporary detention facility
Criminal case
The case of Yevgeny Korotun
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Facility: Penal colony No. 13, Sverdlovsk Oblast
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
622013, Свердловская область, г. Нижний Тагил, ул. Кулибина д. 61, ФКУ «ИК № 13 ГУФСИН России по Свердловской области»«Красная утка», Коротун Евгений Николаевич, 1970 г.р.
Details and sources
Full summary
Resident of Seversk (Tomsk region). On July 14th 2020, Korotun's house was searched and he was detained. The next day, the court sent him under house arrest on charges of organising activities of an extremist organisation due to his involvement with the Jehovah's Witnesses community. Representatives of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely for religious activities: meetings, joint worship services, attracting new supporters. On September 7th, the court decided to place Korotun in custody. On January 19th 2022, he was sentenced to seven years in a general regime colony.
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