Alexander Kostrov
Alexander Kostrov, born 1961, Lipetsk Oblast. Charges: Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in the activities of an extremist organization); “The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Lipetsk”. Sentence (November 23, 2021): a fine of 500,000 roubles, to be reduced to 300,000 roubles, taking into account the period spent in custody. Status: at large. Recognition: Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, April 5, 2020.
In brief
Lipetsk Oblast · Lipetsk · Pensioners · Extremism cases, Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses
Sentence
a fine of 500,000 roubles, to be reduced to 300,000 roubles, taking into account the period spent in custody
Upheld February 15, 2023
Charges
- Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Participation in the activities of an extremist organization
Full wording of the charges
participated in the activities of an extremist organisation
Latest event
April 18, 2023 — removed from the rosfinmonitoring list
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial Human Rights Centre, April 5, 2020
Timeline
· Removed from the Rosfinmonitoring list
· Cassation ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict
· Persecution ends
· Preventive measure: travel ban (written undertaking)
· Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion
Memorial Human Rights Centre
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Lipetsk Oblast
· Persecution begins
The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Lipetsk
Criminal case
The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Lipetsk
Other defendants in the case
- Viktor Bachurin — At large
- Artur Netreba — At large
Thematic group: The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Lipetsk
Details and sources
Full summary
On 2 December 2019, he was detained at the house of an acquaintance: a group of FSB officers stormed into the apartment, knocked down the landlady of the house, an ambulance was called to her, all the men were handcuffed and forced to lie on the floor. On 4 December, the court ordered to take Kostrov into custody on charges of participation in the activities of an extremist organisation. On 29 October 2020, he was released on his own recognisance.
On 25 November 2021, he was sentenced to a fine of 500 thousand rubles, taking into account the time served, the amount was reduced to 300 thousand.
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.