Alexey Ukhov
Alexey Ukhov, born 1980, Khabarovsk Krai. Charges: Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Organization of the activities of an extremist organization); “The case of Alexei Ukhov”. Sentence (July 18, 2023): 6 years 6 months' suspended imprisonment. Status: at large. Recognition: Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, March 18, 2021.
In brief
Khabarovsk Krai · Sovetskaya Gavan · Artists · Extremism cases, Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses
Sentence
6 years 6 months
suspended imprisonment
First instance, March 27, 2023: 6 years 6 months
Charges
- Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Organization of the activities of an extremist organization
Full wording of the charges
Performed the acts of reciting prayers... studying and quoting texts of Holy Scripture... and songs of psalms
Latest event
July 18, 2023 — appeal
The court changed the sentence to 6 years 6 months.
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial Human Rights Centre, March 18, 2021
Timeline
· Appeal ruling
sentence changed · 6 years 6 months
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 6 years 6 months
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Khabarovsk Krai
· Preventive measure: travel ban (written undertaking)
· Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion
Memorial Human Rights Centre
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Khabarovsk Territory
· Persecution begins
The case of Alexei Ukhov
· Preventive measure: placement in a temporary detention facility
Criminal case
The case of Alexei Ukhov
Details and sources
Full summary
On 22 October 2020, Ukhov's house was searched. Detained on suspicion of organising activities of an extremist organisation, the next day the court decided to take him into custody. On 9 July 2021, he was released on his own recognisance. On 27 March 2023, he was sentenced to six and a half years in a general regime colony. On 18 July, the court of appeal instance replaced Ukhov's real term with a suspended one.
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.