Viacheslav Semakin
- Criminal Code
- Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
- Case category
- Extremism cases
- Verdict
- Imprisonment (details unknown), Restriction of liberty
- Sentence
- 2 years
- Date of verdict
- 2019-03-10
- Region
- Orenburg Oblast
- City
- Orenburg
Recognition by human rights organisations
- Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religionby Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners, 16 February 2021
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Case summary
On 6 July 2017, Semakin was detained together with 18 other people on suspicion of continuing the activities of an extremist organization. Signed a recognisance bond not to leave the country. On 11 March 2019, sentenced to two years in a penal colony. Released in January 2021.
Others charged under Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
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Source: this person’s record in the OVD-Info political persecution database
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