Dmitry Vinogradov
Dmitry Vinogradov, born 1963, Chelyabinsk Oblast. Charges: Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in the activities of an extremist organization); “Dmitri Vinogradov's case”. Sentence (June 6, 2021): two years' suspended sentence. 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
Chelyabinsk Oblast · Chelyabinsk · Teachers · Extremism cases, Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses
Sentence
2 years
two years' suspended sentence
Upheld June 8, 2022
Charges
- Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Participation in the activities of an extremist organization
Full wording of the charges
took deliberate, active steps... in the form of. giving talks, studying literature, watching educational videos
Latest event
November 20, 2023 — 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
· Persecution ends
· Cassation ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 2 years
· Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion
Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners
· Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion
Memorial Human Rights Centre
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Persecution begins
Dmitri Vinogradov's case
· Preventive measure: travel ban (written undertaking)
Criminal case
Dmitri Vinogradov's case
Thematic group: The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Chelyabinsk
Details and sources
Full summary
On 20 January 2020, charged with participation in the activities of an extremist organisation. A personal recognizance was taken. According to the believers, the case includes a religious expertise conducted in 2018, in which Vinogradov's words "make your own decisions" are interpreted as soft manipulation, and the creation of a website about teaching chess (Vinogradov is a chess teacher) - as a website about teaching religion.
On 7 June 2021, he was sentenced to two years suspended sentence.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.