Zakhar Sarapulov
Zakhar Sarapulov, born 1992, Irkutsk Oblast. Charges: Article 239 part 3, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in the activities of an non-profit organisation persuading citizens to commit illegal…); “Zakhar Sarapulov's case of an NGO infringing on the personality and rights of citizens”. Sentence (December 27, 2022): 1 year of suspended imprisonment. Status: at large. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion, October 12, 2022.
In brief
Irkutsk Oblast · Irkutsk · Teachers · Cases against Navalny/ACF supporters, Cases related to mass actions
Sentence
1 year
of suspended imprisonment
No information about an appeal ruling.
Charges
- Article 239 part 3, Russian Criminal Code — Participation in the activities of an non-profit organisation persuading citizens to commit illegal acts or propaganda of such actions
Full wording of the charges
According to the investigation, he was a member of an extremist community, within the framework of which he held "uncoordinated public events, during which calls for extremist and terrorist activities were made, unlawful actions were committed, resulting in the violation of human and civil rights and freedoms, and harm to public order and public safety".
Latest event
January 9, 2024 — imprisonment ends
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, October 12, 2022
Timeline
· Imprisonment ends
· Persecution ends
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 1 year
· Removed from the Rosfinmonitoring list
· Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Persecution begins
Zakhar Sarapulov's case of an NGO infringing on the personality and rights of citizens
· Preventive measure: ban on certain activities
Criminal case
Zakhar Sarapulov's case of an NGO infringing on the personality and rights of citizens
Thematic group: The case of the extremist community led by Navalny
Details and sources
Full summary
On 28 December 2021, Sarapulov’s home was searched. A measure of restriction was chosen against him in the form of a ban on certain actions as part of a case on the activities of an extremist community and on a non-profit organisation infringing on personality and citizens rights. Later, charges against Sarapulov related to the activities of an extremist community were dropped. On 27 December 2022, he was given a suspended sentence of one year in prison.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 239 part 3, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.