Ildar Maksinyaev
Ildar Maksinyaev, born 1960, Mordovia. Charges: Article 284.1 part 3, Russian Criminal Code (Organization of the activities of an undesirable organization); “The "Falun Gong" case in Mordovia”. Sentence (December 18, 2024): 400 hours of compulsory labour. Status: at large. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion.
In brief
Sentence
400 hours of compulsory labour
No information about an appeal ruling.
Charges
- Article 284.1 part 3, Russian Criminal Code — Organization of the activities of an undesirable organization
Full wording of the charges
According to the investigation, "having started his activities in Falun Gong in the 2000s, under the guise of sports sections, led the recruitment of young people and through the distribution of leaflets and bulletins of the organisation involved residents of Mordovia, after which he taught them spiritual gymnastics "qigong" and the ideology of the movement".
Latest event
December 18, 2024 — first-instance verdict
The court delivered a guilty verdict.
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
Timeline
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict
· Persecution begins
The "Falun Gong" case in Mordovia
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Mordovia
Criminal case
The "Falun Gong" case in Mordovia
Details and sources
Full summary
A resident of Mordovia. In September 2024, he was taken into custody on charges of organising the activities of an "undesirable organisation". According to the investigators' version, he was involved in the activities of an organisation related to the Falun Gong system of spiritual practices and "under the guise of sports sections he was recruiting young people and through the distribution of leaflets and bulletins of the organisation involved residents of Mordovia in it, after which he taught them spiritual gymnastics "qigong" and the ideology of the movement". On 18 December 2024, Maksinyaev was sentenced to 400 hours of compulsory labour.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 284.1 part 3, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.