Aleksander Nikolaev
Aleksander Nikolaev, born 1973, Krasnodar Krai. Charges: Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in the activities of an extremist organization); “Case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Kholmskaya”. Sentence (July 27, 2023): Two years six months' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony. Status: at large.
In brief
Krasnodar Krai · Kholmskaya · Manual workers · Extremism cases, Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses
Sentence
2 years 6 months
Two years six months' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony
First instance, December 23, 2021: 2 years 6 months
Charges
- Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Participation in the activities of an extremist organization
Full wording of the charges
conducted online lectures based on literature he kept at home
Latest event
September 19, 2023 — imprisonment ends
Timeline
· Imprisonment ends
· Cassation ruling
sentence changed · 2 years 6 months
· Persecution ends
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 2 years 6 months
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Krasnodar Krai
· Persecution begins
Case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Kholmskaya
Criminal case
Case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Kholmskaya
Details and sources
Full summary
On 7 April 2021 the initiation of criminal proceedings became known. Nikolaev is suspected of participation in the activities of an extremist organisation. On 30 September he was taken into custody. On 23 December he was sentenced to two and a half years in a general regime colony. On 18 May 2022 the court of appeal returned the case to the court of first instance for the attachment of a number of documents, but on 20 October approved the verdict, additionally obliging Nikolaev to report to the Federal Penitentiary Service inspection within six months after his release. On 27 July 2023 the court of cassation cancelled this restriction. On 19 September 2023 Nikolaev was released.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
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