Sergey Tolstonozhenko
Sergey Tolstonozhenko, born 1957, Krasnoyarsk Krai. Charges: Article 282.2 part 1.1, Russian Criminal Code (Involvement of a person in the activities of an extremist organization); “Second case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Krasnoyarsk region”. 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
Krasnoyarsk Krai · Krasnoyarsk · Mechanics · Extremism cases, Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses
Sentence
No information about a verdict.
Charges
- Article 282.2 part 1.1, Russian Criminal Code — Involvement of a person in the activities of an extremist organization
Full wording of the charges
"recruited new members" into the Jehovah's Witnesses community and "distributed extremist literature and software" to members of the organisation
Latest event
April 6, 2021 — removed from the rosfinmonitoring list
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
· Removed from the Rosfinmonitoring list
· Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion
Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners
· Persecution ends
· Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion
Memorial Human Rights Centre
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Persecution begins
Second case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Krasnoyarsk region
Criminal case
Second case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Krasnoyarsk region
Other defendants in the case
- Eduard Belyaev — At large
- Tatyana Feruleva — At large
Thematic group: The second case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Krasnoyarsk Krai
Details and sources
Full summary
On 9 July 2019, Tolstonozhenko's home was searched, his phones, computers, removable discs, notebooks with notes were seized, after which he was taken to the investigation department, where he was issued a summons to be questioned as a witness. On 2 October it became known that he was a suspect in the case of involvement in the activities of an extremist organisation. On 22 June 2020, Tolstonozhenko was searched again.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 282.2 part 1.1, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.