Andrey Perminov
Andrey Perminov, born 1972, Chelyabinsk Oblast. Charges: Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Organization of the activities of an extremist organization). Sentence (November 20, 2022): six years' suspended sentence. Status: at large. Recognition: Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion, December 18, 2021.
In brief
Chelyabinsk Oblast · Asha · Extremism cases, Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses
Sentence
6 years
six years' suspended sentence
Upheld March 2, 2023
Charges
- Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Organization of the activities of an extremist organization
Full wording of the charges
Involved in organising the activities of an extremist organisation
Latest event
March 2, 2026 — imprisonment ends
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial Human Rights Centre, December 18, 2021
Timeline
· Imprisonment ends
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 6 years
· Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion
Memorial Human Rights Centre
· Preventive measure: travel ban (written undertaking)
· Persecution begins
Сase of Andrei Perminov
Criminal case
Сase of Andrei Perminov
Details and sources
Full summary
On 11 June 2021 Perminov's home was searched. On 10 November Andrey was released on personal recognizance, which was chosen as a measure of restraint. On 21 November 2022 he was given a six year suspended prison 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.