Boris Simonenko
Boris Simonenko, born 1955, Vladimir Oblast. Charges: Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Organization of the activities of an extremist organization); “The case of Boris Symonenko”. Sentence (July 28, 2023): 2 years 7 months of deprivation of liberty, release from serving the sentence, 1 year of restriction of liberty. Status: at large. Recognition: Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, August 11, 2021.
In brief
Vladimir Oblast · Kovrov · Pensioners · Extremism cases, Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses
Sentence
2 years 7 months
of deprivation of liberty, release from serving the sentence, 1 year of restriction of liberty
No information about an appeal ruling.
Charges
- Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Organization of the activities of an extremist organization
Full wording of the charges
Participated in organising the activities of an extremist organization
Latest event
July 28, 2023 — first-instance verdict
The court delivered a guilty verdict: 2 years 7 months.
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial Human Rights Centre, August 11, 2021
Timeline
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 2 years 7 months
· Persecution ends
· Preventive measure: ban on certain activities
· Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion
Memorial Human Rights Centre
· Preventive measure: house arrest
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Facility operating under the remand centre regime (PFRSI) at penal colony-7 (IK-7) for Vladimir region
· Persecution begins
The case of Boris Symonenko
· Preventive measure: placement in a temporary detention facility
Criminal case
The case of Boris Symonenko
Details and sources
Full summary
17 February 2021 detained, 19 February sent to custody on charges of organising activities of an extremist organisation. On 23 September, a preventive measure in the form of a ban on certain actions was chosen. On 28 July 2023, Symonenko was sentenced to two years and seven months of imprisonment, but was released from serving the sentence, assigning one year of restricted freedom.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.