Evgeny Semyonov
Evgeny Semyonov, born 1987, Karachay-Cherkessia. Charges: Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Organization of the activities of an extremist organization); Article 282.2 part 1.1, Russian Criminal Code (Involvement of a person in the activities of an extremist organization); Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in the activities of an extremist organization); “Evgeny Semyonov's case”. Sentence (February 20, 2025): 17 years' imprisonment in a strict-regime colony, with the first 4 years to be served in prison. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since August 1, 2024; place of detention: Penal colony No. 11, Perm Krai. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, September 30, 2024.
In brief
Karachay-Cherkessia · Cherkessk · Extremism cases, Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses
Sentence
6 years 3 months
17 years' imprisonment in a strict-regime colony, with the first 4 years to be served in prison
Upheld April 29, 2025
Charges
- Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Organization of the activities of an extremist organization
- Article 282.2 part 1.1, Russian Criminal Code — Involvement of a person in the activities of an extremist organization
- Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Participation in the activities of an extremist organization
Latest event
April 29, 2025 — appeal
The court upheld the verdict.
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, September 30, 2024
Timeline
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 6 years 3 months
· Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Karachay-Cherkessia
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Persecution begins
Evgeny Semyonov's case
Criminal case
Evgeny Semyonov's case
- Case number
- 1-57/2025 (1-374/2024)
Write a letter
Facility: Penal colony No. 11, Perm Krai
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
618630, Пермский край, Чердынский р-он, пгт. Ныроб, ул. Уральская, д. 30, ФКУ «ИК-11 ОИК № 11 ОУХД ГУФСИН России по Пермскому краю»«Красный лебедь»[442], Семенов Евгений Константинович, 1987 г.р.
Details and sources
Full summary
A resident of Karachay-Cherkessia. In August 2023, he was taken into custody on charges of organising, participating in, and being involved in the activities of an extremist organisation in connection with the Jehovah's Witnesses community. Representatives of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely for their religious activities: holding meetings, joint worship, and recruiting new adherents. On February 20, 2025, Semenov was sentenced to six years and three months in a general regime colony.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
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