Vitaly Popov
Vitaly Popov, born 1967, Novosibirsk Oblast. Charges: Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in the activities of an extremist organization); “Vitaly Popov's case”. Sentence (May 20, 2021): three years of conditional imprisonment. Status: at large. Recognition: Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners — recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion, January 8, 2020; Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion, September 22, 2019.
In brief
Novosibirsk Oblast · Novosibirsk · Electricians · Extremism cases, Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses
Sentence
3 years
three years of conditional imprisonment
Upheld February 15, 2022
Charges
- Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Participation in the activities of an extremist organization
Full wording of the charges
participated in the activities of an extremist organisation
Latest event
October 12, 2023 — removed from the rosfinmonitoring list
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion — Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners, January 8, 2020
- Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial Human Rights Centre, September 22, 2019
Timeline
· Removed from the Rosfinmonitoring list
· Cassation ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 3 years
· Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion
Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners
· Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion
Memorial Human Rights Centre
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Persecution begins
Vitaly Popov's case
· Preventive measure: placement in a temporary detention facility
Criminal case
Vitaly Popov's case
Thematic group: The second case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Novosibirsk
Details and sources
Full summary
On 27 June 2019, a case was opened against Popov for participation in the activities of an extremist organisation. He was detained and spent two days in the temporary detention centre.
On 21 May 2021, he was sentenced to a three-year conditional sentence.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.