Gennady Polyakevich
Gennady Polyakevich, born 1959, Komi Republic. Charges: Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Organization of the activities of an extremist organization); Article 282.3 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Financing of extremist activities); “Case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Pechora town”. Sentence (December 17, 2024): a fine of 200 thousand roubles. Status: at large. Recognition: Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, April 5, 2020.
In brief
Komi Republic · Pechora · Service workers · Extremism cases, Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses
Sentence
a fine of 200 thousand roubles
No information about an appeal ruling.
Charges
- Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Organization of the activities of an extremist organization
- Article 282.3 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Financing of extremist activities
Full wording of the charges
organised and conducted meetings, directed the process of speeches, readings of religious verses, speeches, collected funds, gave instructions for the implementation of preaching ministry
Latest event
April 14, 2026 — removed from the rosfinmonitoring list
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial Human Rights Centre, April 5, 2020
Timeline
· Removed from the Rosfinmonitoring list
· Persecution ends
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict
· Preventive measure: travel ban (written undertaking)
· Preventive measure: house arrest
· Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion
Memorial Human Rights Centre
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Komi Republic
· Persecution begins
Case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Pechora town
· Preventive measure: placement in a temporary detention facility
Criminal case
Case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Pechora town
- Case number
- 1-174/2023
Other defendants in the case
- Nikolay Anufriev — At large
- Alexander Vorontsov — At large
- Sergei Zabora — At large
- Eduard Merinkov — At large
- Pavel Ogorodov — At large
- Alexander Prilepsky — Deceased
- Gennadiy Skutelets — At large
- Viktor Shchannikov — At large
Thematic group: The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Pechora
Details and sources
Full summary
28 January 2020 detained after a search. On 30 January, the court ruled to take Polyakievich into custody in a case on the activities of an extremist organisation. On 25 November he was transferred to house arrest, in January 2021 he was released under recognizance not to leave. On 20 January 2020, the court returned the case to the prosecutor's office. On 17 December 2024, upon retrial, Polyakevich was sentenced to a fine, details unknown.
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.