Nikolai Kuzichkin
Nikolai Kuzichkin, born 1951, Krasnodar 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 Sochi”. Sentence (December 17, 2020): one year one month imprisonment. Status: at large. Recognition: Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, April 5, 2020.
In brief
Krasnodar Krai · Sochi · Extremism cases, Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses
Sentence
1 year 1 month
one year one month imprisonment
No information about an appeal ruling.
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
December 17, 2020 — first-instance verdict
The court delivered a guilty verdict: 1 year 1 month.
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial Human Rights Centre, April 5, 2020
Timeline
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 1 year 1 month
· Preventive measure: house arrest
· Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion
Memorial Human Rights Centre
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Persecution ends
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Krasnodar Krai
· Persecution begins
The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Sochi
· Preventive measure: placement in a temporary detention facility
Criminal case
The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Sochi
Other defendants in the case
- Vyacheslav Popov — At large, 1 year 10 months
Thematic group: The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Sochi
Details and sources
Full summary
On 10 October 2019, Kuzichkin's house was searched as part of the case of organising activities of an extremist organisation. The next day, the court decided to send him into custody. In April 2020, he was transferred to house arrest. On 18 December, he was sentenced to a year and a month of imprisonment, released in the courtroom.
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.