Aleksander Nikolaev
- Criminal Code
- Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
- Case category
- Extremism casesCases against Jehovah's Witnesses
- Verdict
- Imprisonment (general regime)
- Sentence
- 2 years 6 months
- Date of verdict
- 2021-12-23
- Region
- Krasnodar Krai
- City
- Kholmskaya
Case 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.
Others charged under Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
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