Vyacheslav Popov
Vyacheslav Popov, born 1974, Krasnodar Krai. Charges: Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Organization of the activities of an extremist organization); “The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Sochi”. Sentence (December 17, 2020): one year and ten months' imprisonment. Status: at large. Recognition: Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, April 5, 2020.
In brief
Krasnodar Krai · Sochi · Architects · Extremism cases, Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses
Sentence
1 year 10 months
one year and ten months' imprisonment
No information about an appeal ruling.
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
December 17, 2020 — first-instance verdict
The court delivered a guilty verdict: 1 year 10 months.
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial Human Rights Centre, April 5, 2020
Timeline
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 1 year 10 months
· Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion
Memorial Human Rights Centre
· Persecution ends
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Krasnodar Krai
· Persecution begins
The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Sochi
· Preventive measure: placement in a temporary detention facility
Criminal case
The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Sochi
Other defendants in the case
- Nikolai Kuzichkin — At large, 1 year 1 month
Thematic group: The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Sochi
Details and sources
Full summary
On 10 October 2019, Popov's house was searched as part of the case of organising activitity of an extremist organisation. The next day, the court decided to send him to custody. On 18 December 2020, he was sentenced to a year and ten months in prison. He was released on 30 December 2020.
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.