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Victor Sagin

Location unknownChecked October 18, 2026

Victor Sagin, born 1957, Krasnoyarsk Krai. Charges: Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Organization of the activities of an extremist organization); “The case of Victor Sagin”. Status: location unknown. Recognition: Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners — recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion, December 11, 2020; Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion, April 5, 2020.

In brief

Krasnoyarsk Krai · Achinsk · Drivers · Extremism cases, Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses

Sentence

No information about a verdict.

Charges

Full wording of the charges

Organised the activities of members of a banned organisation in the city of Achinsk and supervised their activities during weekly religious gatherings, as well as disseminating the religious and ideological teachings of the banned organisation

Latest event

September 23, 2024 — removed from the rosfinmonitoring list

Checked October 18, 2026 · no changes since October 15

Recognition by rights defenders

Timeline

  1. · Removed from the Rosfinmonitoring list

  2. · Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion

    Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners

  3. · Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion

    Memorial Human Rights Centre

  4. · Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”

  5. · Persecution begins

    The case of Victor Sagin

Criminal case

The case of Victor Sagin

There are no other defendants in this case in the database.

Details and sources

Full summary

According to OVD-Info

A resident of Achinsk (Krasnoyarsk Krai), Sagin was identified as a suspect in January 2020 in a case concerning the organisation of activities for an extremist organisation. On 23 September 2024, he was removed from Rosfinmonitoring's list of extremists and terrorists.

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Sources (2)

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