Vyacheslav Stepanov
Vyacheslav Stepanov, born 1977, Moscow Oblast. Charges: Article 282 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code (Incitement of hatred or enmity); “The case of "Jehovah's Witnesses" in Sergiyev Posad”. Status: at large.
In brief
Moscow Oblast · Sergiyev Posad · Extremism cases, Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses
Sentence
No information about a verdict.
Charges
- Article 282 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code — Incitement of hatred or enmity
Full wording of the charges
As part of a sustainable criminal organised group, under the guise of a non-profit organisation, organised and conducted a religious meeting
Latest event
October 11, 2017 — removed from the rosfinmonitoring list
Timeline
· Removed from the Rosfinmonitoring list
· Persecution ends
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Persecution begins
The case of "Jehovah's Witnesses" in Sergiyev Posad
Criminal case
The case of "Jehovah's Witnesses" in Sergiyev Posad
Other defendants in the case
- Andriy Sivak — At large
Thematic group: The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Sergiev Posad
Details and sources
Full summary
On 12 April 2013, the house was searched, Jehovah's Witnesses literature was seized, and a case was opened for incitement to religious hatred based on statements made during community meetings. On 4 March 2016, the court acquitted Stepanov. The court ruling stated, inter alia, that the experts "substituted the objects submitted for examination with objects they found themselves". On 26 May 2016, the court of appeal sent the case for a new review. On 21 June 2017, the Sergiev Posad court acquitted Stepanov again.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 282 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.