Konstantin Moiseenko
Konstantin Moiseenko, born 1976, Amur Oblast. Charges: Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Organization of the activities of an extremist organization); “Konstantin Moiseenko's case”. Sentence (July 13, 2021): 6 years' suspended sentence with a probation period of 4 years, 1 year's restriction of liberty, prohibition of… Status: at large. Recognition: Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners — recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion, January 8, 2020; Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion, May 30, 2019.
In brief
Amur Oblast · Zeya · IT specialists · Extremism cases, Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses
Sentence
6 years
suspended sentence with a probation period of 4 years, 1 year's restriction of liberty, prohibition of activities related to leading and participating in the activities of public organizations for 4 years
Upheld February 14, 2022
Charges
- Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Organization of the activities of an extremist organization
Full wording of the charges
involved in the activities of the Jehovah's Witnesses community
Latest event
September 9, 2025 — imprisonment ends
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion — Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners, January 8, 2020
- Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial Human Rights Centre, May 30, 2019
Timeline
· Imprisonment ends
· Persecution ends
· Removed from the Rosfinmonitoring list
· Cassation ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 6 years
· Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion
Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion
Memorial Human Rights Centre
· Persecution begins
Konstantin Moiseenko's case
· Preventive measure: travel ban (written undertaking)
Criminal case
Konstantin Moiseenko's case
Details and sources
Full summary
Resident of the Amur region. On March 21, 2019, he was detained after a search in his home and charged with involvement in the activities of an extremist organisation in connection with his involvement in the activities of the Jehovah's Witnesses community. Representatives of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely because of their religious activities - holding meetings and worship services, engaging new supporters. Moiseenko was released on his own recognizance.
On July 14, 2021, he was sentenced to a six-year suspended sentence.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
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