Vladimir Suvorov
Vladimir Suvorov, born 1946, Chelyabinsk Oblast. Charges: Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Organization of the activities of an extremist organization); “The case of Vladimir Suvorov”. Sentence (June 30, 2021): six years suspended sentence. Status: at large. Recognition: Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners — recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion, December 11, 2020; Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion, April 5, 2020.
In brief
Chelyabinsk Oblast · Chelyabinsk · Mechanics · Extremism cases, Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses
Sentence
6 years
six years suspended sentence
Upheld October 14, 2021
Charges
- Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Organization of the activities of an extremist organization
Full wording of the charges
organised meetings of his co-religionists, at which they prayed to Jehovah and sang religious songs together
Latest event
October 14, 2026 — imprisonment ends
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion — Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners, December 11, 2020
- Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial Human Rights Centre, April 5, 2020
Timeline
· Imprisonment ends
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 6 years
· Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion
Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion
Memorial Human Rights Centre
· Preventive measure: travel ban (written undertaking)
· Persecution begins
The case of Vladimir Suvorov
Criminal case
The case of Vladimir Suvorov
Thematic group: The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Chelyabinsk
Details and sources
Full summary
On 26 February 2020, Suvorov was summoned for questioning, where the investigator informed him that he was on his own recognizance as a defendant in the case of organizing activities of an extremist organization.
On 1 July 2021, he was sentenced to six years' suspended sentence.
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.