Alexander Vavilov
Alexander Vavilov, born 1967, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast. Charges: Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Organization of the activities of an extremist organization); “The case of Alexander Vavilov, Alexei Oreshkov and Alexander Rakovsky”. Sentence (October 24, 2021): three years of suspended imprisonment. Status: at large. Recognition: Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, January 8, 2020; Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, September 22, 2019.
In brief
Nizhny Novgorod Oblast · Nizhny Novgorod · Service workers · Extremism cases, Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses
Sentence
3 years
three years of suspended imprisonment
Upheld December 21, 2022
Charges
- Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Organization of the activities of an extremist organization
Full wording of the charges
Participated in organising the activities of an extremist organisation
Latest event
December 21, 2022 — cassation
The court upheld the verdict.
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion — Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners, January 8, 2020
- Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial Human Rights Centre, September 22, 2019
Timeline
· Cassation ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 3 years
· Preventive measure: travel ban (written undertaking)
· Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion
Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners
· Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion
Memorial Human Rights Centre
· Persecution begins
The case of Alexander Vavilov, Alexei Oreshkov and Alexander Rakovsky
Criminal case
The case of Alexander Vavilov, Alexei Oreshkov and Alexander Rakovsky
Other defendants in the case
- Alexei Oreshkov — At large, 3 years
- Alexander Rakovsky — At large, 3 years
Thematic group: The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Nizhny Novgorod region
Details and sources
Full summary
Detained and taken into custody in July 2019 on charges of organising activities of an extremist organisation. On 13 March 2020, released on personal recognisance. On 25 October 2021, sentenced to three 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.