Mykola Trotsiuk
Mykola Trotsiuk, Rostov Oblast. Charges: Article 150 part 4, Russian Criminal Code (Involvement of a minor in committing a crime as part of a criminal group or in committing a serious…); Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Organization of the activities of an extremist organization); “The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Taganrog”. Sentence (March 16, 2016): Five years and six months' deprivation of liberty suspended with a probationary period of five years; a fine of 100,000… Status: at large.
In brief
Rostov Oblast · Taganrog · Religious figures · Extremism cases, Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses
Sentence
5 years 6 months
Five years and six months' deprivation of liberty suspended with a probationary period of five years; a fine of 100,000 roubles (due to the expiry of the statute of limitations, he was exempted from paying the fine)
First instance, July 28, 2014: 5 years
Charges
- Article 150 part 4, Russian Criminal Code — Involvement of a minor in committing a crime as part of a criminal group or in committing a serious crime
- Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Organization of the activities of an extremist organization
Full wording of the charges
organised the activities of a prohibited organisation, involved a minor in its activities
Latest event
March 18, 2021 — persecution ends
Timeline
· Persecution ends
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 5 years
· Preventive measure: travel ban (written undertaking)
· Persecution begins
The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Taganrog
Criminal case
The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Taganrog
Other defendants in the case
- Yuri Baklushin — At large, 5 years 6 months
- Roman Voloshchuk — At large
- Andrei Goncharov — At large
- Oksana Goncharova — At large
- Vladimir Kozhukhov — At large
- Alexey Koptev — At large, 5 years 3 months
- Kirill Kravchenko — At large
- Tatiana Kravchenko — At large
- Vladislav Kruglikov — At large
- Minasian Karen Iurevich — At large
- Vladimir Moiseenko — At large
- Alexander Skvortsov — At large, 5 years 6 months
- Sergey Trotsyuk — At large
- Kirill Chetverikov — At large
- Vyacheslav Shchekalev — At large
Thematic group: The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Taganrog
Details and sources
Full summary
In October 2007, Trotsyuk received a warning and a caution from the prosecutor's office on the inadmissibility of extremist activity, which in 2008 formed the basis of a lawsuit to liquidate the Jehovah's Witnesses community he headed (the lawsuit was satisfied); on 13 February 2012, Trotsyuk was taken on his own recognizance in connection with the initiation of a case of organizing the activities of a public or religious association, in respect of which a court decision on liquidation due to extremist activity came into force; on 11 December, the court ruled that the community was unlawful. On 30 November, he was sentenced to five and a half years' suspended sentence and a fine of 100,000 (he was exempted from paying the fine due to the expiry of the statute of limitations).
As early as October 2007, Trotsyuk received a warning and a warning from the prosecutor's office on the inadmissibility of extremist activity, which in 2008 formed the basis of a lawsuit to liquidate the Jehovah's Witnesses community he headed (the lawsuit was satisfied); on 13 February 2012, Trotsyuk was taken on his own recognizance in connection with the initiation of a case of organizing the activities of a public or religious association, in respect of which a court decision on liquidation due to extremist activity came into force; on 11 December, the court ruled that the community was unlawful. On 30 November, sentenced to five and a half years' suspended sentence and a fine of 100,000 (exempted from paying the fine due to the expiry of the statute of limitations)
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 150 part 4, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.