Aleksei Kupriianov
Aleksei Kupriianov, born 1973, Vladimir Oblast. Charges: Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in the activities of an extremist organization); “Aleksei Kupriianov's case”. Sentence (September 15, 2023): 1 year's imprisonment, release from serving the sentence on the account of the time spent in custody and house arrest, 6… Status: at large. Recognition: Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, August 11, 2021.
In brief
Vladimir Oblast · Kovrov · Teachers · Extremism cases, Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses
Sentence
1 year
s imprisonment, release from serving the sentence on the account of the time spent in custody and house arrest, 6 months' restriction of liberty
No information about an appeal ruling.
Charges
- Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Participation in the activities of an extremist organization
Full wording of the charges
Took part in religious meetings of Jehovah's Witnesses in Kovrov, spoke at them; collected information about the amount of work done on the introduction of the ideology of the Jehovah's Witnesses religious doctrine.
Latest event
April 1, 2024 — imprisonment ends
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial Human Rights Centre, August 11, 2021
Timeline
· Imprisonment ends
· Persecution ends
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 1 year
· Preventive measure: travel ban (written undertaking)
· Preventive measure: ban on certain activities
· Preventive measure: house arrest
· Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion
Memorial Human Rights Centre
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Vladimir Oblast
· Preventive measure: placement in a temporary detention facility
· Persecution begins
Aleksei Kupriianov's case
Criminal case
Aleksei Kupriianov's case
Details and sources
Full summary
On February 17, 2021, Kupriianov's home was searched. On July 8, he was searched again, after that he was detained and taken away for questioning. The next day the court sent him to custody on charges of participation in the activities of an extremist organisation. On November 19, he was transferred to house arrest. On June 21, 2022, Kupriianov's preventive measure was replaced by a ban on certain actions. On September 15, 2023, Kupriianov was sentenced to a year of imprisonment and half a year of restriction of freedom, the court considered the term of imprisonment served.
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.