Alexander (Father Nicholas) Mamayev
Alexander (Father Nicholas) Mamayev, born 1960, Kaliningrad Oblast. Charges: Article 205.1 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Assisting to or financing terrorist activities through an official position); Article 280 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Public calls for extremism); Article 282.1 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in an extremist community); “The case of the BVRR (the Baltic Vanguard of the Russian Resistance)”. Sentence (April 16, 2020): Six years imprisonment in a general regime colony, six months restriction of liberty, four years deprivation of the… Status: at large. Recognition: Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, January 28, 2018; Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as a political prisoner, January 21, 2018.
In brief
Kaliningrad Oblast · Kaliningrad · Religious figures · Terrorism cases, Extremism cases
Sentence
6 years
Six years imprisonment in a general regime colony, six months restriction of liberty, four years deprivation of the right to administer websites.
Upheld February 15, 2022
Charges
- Article 205.1 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Assisting to or financing terrorist activities through an official position
- Article 280 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Public calls for extremism
- Article 282.1 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Participation in an extremist community
Full wording of the charges
He actively participated in BARS (the Baltic Vanguard of the Russian Resistance) as a spiritual mentor.
Latest event
May 26, 2023 — imprisonment ends
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners, January 28, 2018
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial Human Rights Centre, January 21, 2018
Timeline
· Imprisonment ends
· Persecution ends
· Cassation ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 6 years
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial Human Rights Centre
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Persecution begins
The case of the BVRR (the Baltic Vanguard of the Russian Resistance)
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Kaliningrad Oblast
Criminal case
The case of the BVRR (the Baltic Vanguard of the Russian Resistance)
Other defendants in the case
- Igor Ivanov — At large, 5 years 10 months
- Alexander Orshulevich — At large, 8 years
- Nikolai Sentsov — At large, 3 years
Details and sources
Full summary
On May 27, 2017, a case was initiated against Mamayev for the creation of an extremist community. Mamayev was taken into custody. According to his relatives, during the search and detention, law enforcement officers planted stencils with extremist inscriptions and spray paint cans on him and prevented him from contacting a lawyer.
In October 2018, it was reported that Mamayev was charged with possession of ammunition and explosives, participation in a terrorist community and justification of terrorism. In April 2020, it became known that all these charges against Mamayev were dropped and he was charged with participation in the activities of an extremist community. On April 17, he was sentenced to six years in a penal colony, half a year of restriction of freedom and a four year ban on administering websites.
He was released on May 26, 2023.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 205.1 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.