Gennadiy Skutelets
Gennadiy Skutelets, born 1976, Komi Republic. Charges: Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in the activities of an extremist organization); Article 282.3 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Financing of extremist activities); “Case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Pechora town”. Sentence (December 17, 2024): a fine of 250.000 roubles (≈$2430 as of 17.12.2024). Status: at large. Recognition: Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, April 5, 2020.
In brief
Komi Republic · Pechora · Janitors · Extremism cases, Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses
Sentence
a fine of 250.000 roubles (≈$2430 as of 17.12.2024)
No information about an appeal ruling.
Charges
- Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Participation in the activities of an extremist organization
- Article 282.3 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Financing of extremist activities
Full wording of the charges
organized and conducted meetings, led the process of speeches, reading religious poems and speeches, collected money, gave instructions for the implementation of preaching
Latest event
April 14, 2026 — persecution ends
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial Human Rights Centre, April 5, 2020
Timeline
· Persecution ends
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict
· Preventive measure: travel ban (written undertaking)
· Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion
Memorial Human Rights Centre
· Preventive measure: house arrest
· Persecution begins
Case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Pechora town
· Preventive measure: placement in a temporary detention facility
Criminal case
Case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Pechora town
- Case number
- 1-174/2023
Other defendants in the case
- Nikolay Anufriev — At large
- Alexander Vorontsov — At large
- Sergei Zabora — At large
- Eduard Merinkov — At large
- Pavel Ogorodov — At large
- Gennady Polyakevich — At large
- Alexander Prilepsky — Deceased
- Viktor Shchannikov — At large
Thematic group: The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Pechora
Details and sources
Full summary
28 January 2020 detained after a search. On 30 January, the court decided to place Skutelets under house arrest after charging him with organizing the activities of an extremist organisation. On 27 January 2021, he was released on his own recognisance. On 20 January 2020, the court returned the case to the prosecutor's office. On 17 December 2024, Skutelets was sentenced to a fine, details unknown.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.