Sergei Shatalov
Sergei Shatalov, born 1969, Moscow. Charges: Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Organization of the activities of an extremist organization); “Fourth case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Moscow”. Sentence (March 31, 2023): 6 years 3 months' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony, prohibition to engage in activities related to the… Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since November 24, 2020; place of detention: Penal colony No. 14, Arkhangelsk Oblast. Recognition: Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, January 27, 2021.
In brief
Moscow · Moscow · Former military personnel · Extremism cases, Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses
Sentence
6 years 3 months
imprisonment in a general regime penal colony, prohibition to engage in activities related to the management and participation in the work of civil society organisations for a period of 3 years, and 1 year of restricted freedom
Upheld November 22, 2024
Charges
- Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Organization of the activities of an extremist organization
Full wording of the charges
According to the investigation, he was involved in organising the activities of an extremist organisation.
Latest event
November 22, 2024 — cassation
The court upheld the verdict.
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial Human Rights Centre, January 27, 2021
Timeline
· Cassation ruling
upheld
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 6 years 3 months
· Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion
Memorial Human Rights Centre
· Preventive measure: house arrest
· Persecution begins
Fourth case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Moscow
· Preventive measure: placement in a temporary detention facility
Criminal case
Fourth case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Moscow
Other defendants in the case
- Vardan Zakaryan — Not in Russia, 4 years 3 months
- Vitaly Komarov — Imprisoned, 6 years 3 months
- Ivan Tchaikovsky — Imprisoned, 6 years 3 months
- Yuri Chernyshev — Imprisoned, 6 years 3 months
Write a letter
Facility: Penal colony No. 14, Arkhangelsk Oblast
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
165115, Архангельская область, Вельский район, д. Горка-Муравьёвская, Спецгородок д.1 «А», ФКУ «ИК № 14 УФСИН России по Архангельской области», Шаталов Сергей Григорьевич, 1969 г.р.
Details and sources
Full summary
On November 24, 2020 he was detained after a search. On November 26, the court put him under house arrest. On March 31, 2023, Shatalov was sentenced to six years and three months in a general regime penal colony.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
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