Alexander Soloviev
Alexander Soloviev, born 1970, Perm Krai. Charges: Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in the activities of an extremist organization); “The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Perm”. Sentence (July 3, 2019): A fine of 300,000 roubles. Status: at large. Recognition: Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, September 15, 2018; Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, September 15, 2018.
In brief
Perm Krai · Perm · Office workers · Extremism cases, Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses
Sentence
A fine of 300,000 roubles
No information about an appeal ruling.
Charges
- Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Participation in the activities of an extremist organization
Full wording of the charges
Participated in the activities of an extremist organisation
Latest event
October 29, 2020 — removed from the rosfinmonitoring list
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial Human Rights Centre, September 15, 2018
- Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion — Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners, September 15, 2018
Timeline
· Removed from the Rosfinmonitoring list
· Persecution ends
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion
Memorial Human Rights Centre
· Preventive measure: house arrest
· Persecution begins
The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Perm
· Preventive measure: placement in a temporary detention facility
Criminal case
The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Perm
Thematic group: The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Perm
Details and sources
Full summary
On 22 May 2018, detained together with his wife at a railway station on their return from a foreign trip, his wife was later released. On 24 May, placed under house arrest on charges of participation in the activities of an extremist organisation. In November, a preventive measure in the form of a ban on certain actions was elected.
On 4 July 2019, sentenced to a fine of 300 thousand rubles.
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.