Minasian Karen Iurevich
Minasian Karen Iurevich, born 1986, Rostov Oblast. Charges: Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in the activities of an extremist organization); “The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Taganrog”. Sentence (July 28, 2014): fine: '60,000 rubles' (exempted from punishment due to expiry of the statute of limitations). Status: at large.
In brief
Rostov Oblast · Taganrog · Extremism cases, Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses
Sentence
fine: '60,000 rubles' (exempted from punishment due to expiry of the statute of limitations)
Upheld November 29, 2015
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 a banned organisation
Latest event
March 17, 2016 — persecution ends
Timeline
· Persecution ends
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict, released from serving the sentence
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict
· Persecution begins
The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Taganrog
Criminal case
The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Taganrog
Other defendants in the case
- Yuri Baklushin — At large, 5 years 6 months
- Roman Voloshchuk — At large
- Andrei Goncharov — At large
- Oksana Goncharova — At large
- Vladimir Kozhukhov — At large
- Alexey Koptev — At large, 5 years 3 months
- Kirill Kravchenko — At large
- Tatiana Kravchenko — At large
- Vladislav Kruglikov — At large
- Vladimir Moiseenko — At large
- Alexander Skvortsov — At large, 5 years 6 months
- Mykola Trotsiuk — At large, 5 years 6 months
- Sergey Trotsyuk — At large
- Kirill Chetverikov — At large
- Vyacheslav Shchekalev — At large
Thematic group: The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Taganrog
Details and sources
Full summary
On 31 May 2012, he was charged with participation in the activities of a public or religious association against which a court decision on liquidation due to extremist activities had come into force. On December 11, the court ruled that the charge was unlawful; however, even earlier, in November, the investigation had re-filed the same charge. On 29 July 2014, he was sentenced to a fine of 50,000 rubles (exempted from payment due to expiry of the statute of limitations); on December 12, the Rostov Regional Court overturned the decision of the Taganrog court and on November 30, he was sentenced to a fine of 70 thousand (exempted from paying the fine due to the expiration of the statute of limitations).
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.