Sergey Mysin
Sergey Mysin, born 1965, Ulyanovsk Oblast. Charges: Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Organization of the activities of an extremist organization); “The case of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Ulyanovsk”. Sentence (January 28, 2021): Four years six months' suspended deprivation of liberty, ten months' restriction of liberty. 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
Ulyanovsk Oblast · Ulyanovsk · Manual workers · Extremism cases, Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses
Sentence
4 years 6 months
Four years six months' suspended deprivation of liberty, ten months' restriction of liberty
First instance, October 7, 2020: 4 years
Charges
- Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Organization of the activities of an extremist organization
Full wording of the charges
promoted the ideas of Jehovah's Witnesses, promoted the superiority of these ideas over other religious teachings, and sought out venues for meetings of members of this organisation
Latest event
December 15, 2022 — 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, January 8, 2020
Timeline
· Removed from the Rosfinmonitoring list
· Appeal ruling
sentence changed · 4 years 6 months
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 4 years
· 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
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Ulyanovsk Oblast
· Persecution begins
The case of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Ulyanovsk
· Preventive measure: placement in a temporary detention facility
Criminal case
The case of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Ulyanovsk
Other defendants in the case
- Alexander Ganin — At large, 3 years
- Mikhail Zelensky — At large, 3 years
- Natalia Mysina — At large, 2 years 6 months
- Andrei Tabakov — Not in Russia, 3 years
- Khoren Khachikian — At large, 2 years 6 months
Thematic group: The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Ulyanovsk
Details and sources
Full summary
On 27 February 2019, he detained after a search and the next day taken into custody by court order on charges of organising and participating in the activities of an extremist organisation. In April 2019, he transferred to house arrest. Later, a preventive measure in the form of a ban on certain actions was chosen.
On 8 October 2020, he sentenced to four years' suspended sentence. On 29 January 2021, the appeal court commuted the sentence to four and a half years suspended sentence and 10 months of restriction of freedom, leaving only organising activities in the charge.
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.