Serzhan Svatov
Serzhan Svatov, born 1968, Altai Republic. Charges: Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Organization of the activities of an extremist organization); “The Tablighi Jamaat case in Altai”. Sentence (March 4, 2014): fine: '100,000 roubles'. Status: at large.
In brief
Altai Republic · village of Kosh-Agach · Religious figures · Extremism cases
Sentence
fine: '100,000 roubles'
Upheld December 9, 2014
Charges
- Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Organization of the activities of an extremist organization
Full wording of the charges
for several years actively recruited new members in Tablighi Jamaat by inducing members of the Muslim community of the Altai Republic to participate in the organisation's activities
Latest event
July 20, 2015 — persecution ends
Timeline
· Persecution ends
· Removed from the Rosfinmonitoring list
· Cassation ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Preventive measure: travel ban (written undertaking)
· Persecution begins
The Tablighi Jamaat case in Altai
Criminal case
The Tablighi Jamaat case in Altai
Other defendants in the case
- Khaidar-Ali Bugusynov — At large
- Nurkasimov Ermegen — At large
- Tleukabyl Oktashev — At large
- Nurzat Sabiyev — At large
Thematic group: Altai case of Tablighi Jamaat
Details and sources
Full summary
In May 2012, it became known that a criminal case was opened against Svatov in the village of Kosh-Agach in the Altai Republic on suspicion of organising a cell of the banned organisation Tablighi Jamaat; literature was seized; on 18 June 2013, the case went to court; Svatov was forced to give up his position as imam of the local mosque; on 6 March 2014, he was sentenced to a fine of 100 thousand roubles (1,123 USD) and a ban on religious activity for two years; on 23 April, the court of second instance lifted the ban on religious activity.
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.