Konstantin Matrashov
Konstantin Matrashov, born 1988, Tatarstan. Charges: Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Organization of the activities of an extremist organization); “Case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Naberezhnye Chelny”. Sentence (December 15, 2021): two years six months suspended imprisonment with a probationary period of two years. Status: at large. Recognition: Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion, January 8, 2020; Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners — recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion, September 15, 2018.
In brief
Tatarstan · Naberezhnye Chelny · Mechanics · Extremism cases, Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses
Sentence
2 years 6 months
two years six months suspended imprisonment with a probationary period of two years
Upheld September 1, 2022
Charges
- Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Organization of the activities of an extremist organization
Full wording of the charges
Participated in organising the activities of an extremist organisation
Latest event
February 7, 2024 — removed from the rosfinmonitoring list
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial Human Rights Centre, January 8, 2020
- Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion — Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners, September 15, 2018
Timeline
· Removed from the Rosfinmonitoring list
· Persecution ends
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 2 years 6 months
· Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion
Memorial Human Rights Centre
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Preventive measure: house arrest
· Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion
Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Republic of Tatarstan
· Persecution begins
Case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Naberezhnye Chelny
Criminal case
Case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Naberezhnye Chelny
Other defendants in the case
- Ilham Karimov — At large, 2 years 6 months
- Vladimir Myakushin — At large, 3 years 1 month
- Aidar Yulmetyev — At large, 2 years 9 months
Thematic group: The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Naberezhnye Chelny
Details and sources
Full summary
In Naberezhnye Chelny on May 27, 2018, after searches, three followers of Jehovah’s Witnesses were detained, including Konstantin Matrashov. On May 29, the Naberezhnye Chelny City Court arrested Matrashov on charges of organizing the activities of an extremist organization. On November 9, Matrashov was transferred to house arrest. Later released on recognizance not to leave. On November 27, 2019, the court returned the case to the prosecutor’s office, noting that the court and the accused were provided with different texts of indictments, and also that the principle of qualifying the actions of the accused as consequences under Part 1 or Part 2 of Art. 282.2 of the Criminal Code. In April 2020, the investigation resumed.
On December 16, 2021, Matrashov was sentenced to two and a half years probation.
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.