Pavel Popov
Pavel Popov, born 1977, Chelyabinsk Oblast. Charges: Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Organization of the activities of an extremist organization); “The case of Pavel Popov”. Sentence (May 24, 2022): 6 years' suspended imprisonment. Status: at large. Recognition: Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as a political prisoner, August 12, 2021.
In brief
Chelyabinsk Oblast · Chelyabinsk · Entrepreneurs · Extremism cases, Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses
Sentence
6 years
suspended imprisonment
Upheld May 30, 2023
Charges
- Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Organization of the activities of an extremist organization
Full wording of the charges
According to the investigation, the suspect "held the position of 'district warden'" in a local religious community since September 2017, and was engaged in preaching among residents of Chelyabinsk and the region, holding religious meetings where chants were played and organising the study of religious literature.
Latest event
May 30, 2023 — cassation
The court upheld the verdict.
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial Human Rights Centre, August 12, 2021
Timeline
· Cassation ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 6 years
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial Human Rights Centre
· Persecution begins
The case of Pavel Popov
Criminal case
The case of Pavel Popov
- Case number
- 1-659/2021
Details and sources
Full summary
A resident of Yemanzhelinsk (Chelyabinsk Region), works in the construction industry. On 26 March 2019, he was searched at home. On 18 May 2021, he was searched again, already as a suspect in the case of organising activities of an extremist organisation. On 25 May 2022, Popov was sentenced to six years' suspended 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.