Alexander Sobyanin
Alexander Sobyanin, born 1973, Perm Krai. Charges: Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Organization of the activities of an extremist organization); “Case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Solikamsk”. Sentence (August 18, 2023): a fine in the amount of 494 thousand roubles. Status: at large.
In brief
Perm Krai · Solikamsk · Manual workers · Extremism cases, Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses
Sentence
a fine in the amount of 494 thousand roubles
Upheld November 16, 2023
Charges
- Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Organization of the activities of an extremist organization
Full wording of the charges
"participated directly in religious meetings .... discussed with followers issues and topics of a religious nature"
Latest event
March 19, 2025 — removed from the rosfinmonitoring list
Timeline
· Removed from the Rosfinmonitoring list
· Persecution ends
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Preventive measure: placement in a temporary detention facility
· Persecution begins
Case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Solikamsk
· Preventive measure: ban on certain activities
Criminal case
Case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Solikamsk
Other defendants in the case
- Vladimir Poltoradnev — At large
- Vladimir Timoshkin — At large
Thematic group: The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Solikamsk
Details and sources
Full summary
Resident of Solikamsk (Perm Krai). In July 2020, it became known that a case was brought against him for organising the activities of an extremist organisation. A preventive measure in the form of a ban on certain actions was elected. On 18 August 2023, the court sentenced Sobyanin to a fine of 494 thousand rubles.
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.