Anton Olshevsky
Anton Olshevsky, born 1987, Amur Oblast. Charges: Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Organization of the activities of an extremist organization); “The case of Sergei Afanasiev, Sergei Ermilov, Sergei Kardakov, Anton Olshevsky and Adam Swarichevsky”. Sentence (December 21, 2022): 6 years 3 months' imprisonment in a general regime colony with deprivation of the right to engage in activities related… Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since December 21, 2022; place of detention: Penal colony No. 5, Altai Krai. Recognition: Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion, December 11, 2020; Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners — recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion, December 11, 2020.
In brief
Amur Oblast · Blagoveshchensk · Entrepreneurs · Extremism cases, Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses
Sentence
6 years 3 months
imprisonment in a general regime colony with deprivation of the right to engage in activities related to the management of and participation in the work of voluntary organisations for a period of 4 years 6 months, and 1 year's restriction of liberty
Upheld September 26, 2023
Charges
- Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Organization of the activities of an extremist organization
Full wording of the charges
Participated in organising the activities of an extremist organisation
Latest event
March 1, 2024 — imprisonment begins
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial Human Rights Centre, December 11, 2020
- Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion — Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners, December 11, 2020
- Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial Human Rights Centre, April 5, 2020
Timeline
· Imprisonment begins
· Cassation ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 6 years 3 months
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Amur Oblast
· Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion
Memorial Human Rights Centre
· Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion
Memorial Human Rights Centre
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Preventive measure: travel ban (written undertaking)
· Persecution begins
The case of Sergei Afanasiev, Sergei Ermilov, Sergei Kardakov, Anton Olshevsky and Adam Swarichevsky
Criminal case
The case of Sergei Afanasiev, Sergei Ermilov, Sergei Kardakov, Anton Olshevsky and Adam Swarichevsky
Other defendants in the case
- Sergey Afanasiev — Imprisoned, 6 years 6 months
- Sergei Ermilov — Imprisoned, 6 years 3 months
- Sergei Kardakov — Imprisoned, 6 years 4 months
- Adam Svarichevsky — Imprisoned, 6 years 3 months
Thematic group: The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Blagoveshchensk
Write a letter
Facility: Penal colony No. 5, Altai Krai
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
658209, Алтайский край, г.Рубцовск, ул.Тракторная, 23, ФКУ «ИК № 5 УФСИН России по Алтайскому краю», Ольшевский Антон Юрьевич, 1987 г.р.
Details and sources
Full summary
On July 20, 2018, Olshevsky's home was searched. On October 21, 2019, it became known that Olshevsky was charged with participation in the activities of an extremist organisation in connection with his involvement in the Jehovah's Witnesses community. Representatives of this community are prosecuted under the articles of the Criminal Code concerned with extremism solely for religious activities: meetings, joint worship services, attracting new supporters. He signed a recognizance not to leave the country. The charge against him was later reclassified to organizing activities. On December 21, 2022 he was sentenced to six years and three months in a general regime colony.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
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