Vladimir Myakushin
Vladimir Myakushin, born 1986, Tatarstan. Charges: Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Organization of the activities of an extremist organization); Article 282.3 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code (Financing extremist activities); “Case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Naberezhnye Chelny”. Sentence (December 15, 2021): Three years and one month of suspended deprivation of liberty 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, January 8, 2020.
In brief
Tatarstan · Naberezhnye Chelny · Engineers · Extremism cases, Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses
Sentence
3 years 1 month
Three years and one month of suspended deprivation of liberty 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
- Article 282.3 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code — Financing extremist activities
Full wording of the charges
Participated in organising and financing the activities of an extremist organisation
Latest event
February 1, 2024 — persecution ends
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, January 8, 2020
Timeline
· Persecution ends
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 3 years 1 month
· Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion
Memorial Human Rights Centre
· Preventive measure: house arrest
· 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
- Konstantin Matrashov — At large, 2 years 6 months
- Aidar Yulmetyev — At large, 2 years 9 months
Thematic group: The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Naberezhnye Chelny
Details and sources
Full summary
Detained in Naberezhnye Chelny on 27 May after searches in the flats of alleged followers of Jehovah's Witnesses. On 28 May he was placed in custody. Accused of involvement in the activities of an extremist organisation. On 9 November transferred to house arrest. Later released on personal recognizance. On 27 November 2019, the court returned the case to the prosecutor's office, noting that the court and the defendants were provided with different texts of indictments, as well as that the principle of qualification by the investigation of the actions of the defendants under Part 1 or Part 2 of Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code is unclear. In April 2020, the investigation was resumed.
On 16 December 2021, he was sentenced to three years and one month suspended sentence.
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.