Vadym Levchuk
Vadym Levchuk, born 1972, Kemerovo Oblast. Charges: Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in the activities of an extremist organization); “The case of Sergey Britvin and Vadim Levchuk”. Sentence (September 1, 2020): Four years' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony, one year's restriction of liberty and a ban on holding… Status: at large. Recognition: Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, September 15, 2018; Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, September 15, 2018.
In brief
Kemerovo Oblast · Beryozovsky · Construction workers · Extremism cases, Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses
Sentence
4 years
Four years' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony, one year's restriction of liberty and a ban on holding certain posts for three years
Upheld January 18, 2021
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
December 30, 2021 — imprisonment ends
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion — Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners, September 15, 2018
- Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial Human Rights Centre, September 15, 2018
Timeline
· Imprisonment ends
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· Persecution ends
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 4 years
· Preventive measure: house arrest
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion
Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Kemerovo Oblast
· Persecution begins
The case of Sergey Britvin and Vadim Levchuk
Criminal case
The case of Sergey Britvin and Vadim Levchuk
Other defendants in the case
- Sergey Britvin — At large, 4 years
Thematic group: The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Beryozovsky
Details and sources
Full summary
On 22 July 2018, detained after a search and arrested on 24 July on charges of participation in the activities of an extremist organisation. On 26 December 2019, he was transferred to house arrest.
On 2 September 2020, sentenced to four years in a general regime colony. He was released on 30 December 2021.
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.