Yuri Loginsky
Yuri Loginsky, born 1966, Krasnodar Krai. Charges: Article 282.2 part 1.1, Russian Criminal Code (Involvement of a person in the activities of an extremist organization); Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in the activities of an extremist organization); “Second case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Sochi”. Sentence (March 27, 2022): Two years' suspended sentence with a probationary period of two years. Status: at large. Recognition: Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion, August 11, 2022.
In brief
Krasnodar Krai · Sochi · Construction workers · Extremism cases, Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses
Sentence
2 years
Two years' suspended sentence with a probationary period of two years
No information about an appeal ruling.
Charges
- Article 282.2 part 1.1, Russian Criminal Code — Involvement of a person in the activities of an extremist organization
- 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 and involved other people in the activities of such an organization
Latest event
August 11, 2022 — recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion
Memorial Human Rights Centre
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial Human Rights Centre, August 11, 2022
Timeline
· Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion
Memorial Human Rights Centre
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 2 years
· Preventive measure: house arrest
· Persecution begins
Second case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Sochi
· Preventive measure: placement in a temporary detention facility
Criminal case
Second case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Sochi
Other defendants in the case
- Tatiana Velizhanina — At large, 1 year 5 months
- Vladimir Deshko — At large, 1 year 4 months
- Yuri Moskalev — At large, 2 years
Thematic group: The second case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Sochi
Details and sources
Full summary
Yuri was detained on 24 March 2021. On 26 March, the court decided to send Loginski under house arrest in the case of involvement in the activities of an extremist organisation. On 28 March 2022, he was given a two-year suspended sentence.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 282.2 part 1.1, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.