Mykola Leshchenko
Mykola Leshchenko, born 1962, Karelia. Charges: Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Organization of the activities of an extremist organization); “The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Karelia”. Sentence (July 28, 2023): a fine of 500 thousand roubles. Status: at large. Recognition: Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners — recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion, January 8, 2020; Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion, September 22, 2019.
In brief
Karelia · Petrozavodsk · Entrepreneurs · Extremism cases, Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses
Sentence
a fine of 500 thousand roubles
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
involved in the activities of an extremist organisation
Latest event
October 16, 2024 — removed from the rosfinmonitoring list
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion — Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners, January 8, 2020
- Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial Human Rights Centre, September 22, 2019
Timeline
· Removed from the Rosfinmonitoring list
· Persecution ends
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· 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
· Persecution begins
The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Karelia
· Preventive measure: travel ban (written undertaking)
Criminal case
The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Karelia
Other defendants in the case
- Maxim Amosov — At large
- Mikhail Gordeev — At large
- Ravnushkin Dmitrii Vasilevich — At large
Thematic group: The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Karelia
Details and sources
Full summary
On 31 July 2019, Leshchenko was searched as part of a case on the activities of an extremist organisation. Leshchenko signed a non-departure undertaking. On 28 July 2023, he was sentenced to a fine of 500 thousand rubles.
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.