Vospitaniuk Aleksandr Sergeevich
Vospitaniuk Aleksandr Sergeevich, born 1979, Kursk Oblast. Charges: Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in the activities of an extremist organization); “The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Kursk”. Sentence (June 2, 2021): Two years' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony, prohibition to engage in activities related to the… Status: at large. Recognition: Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion, February 13, 2020.
In brief
Kursk Oblast · Kursk · Extremism cases, Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses
Sentence
2 years
Two years' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony, prohibition to engage in activities related to the placement of appeals and other materials in public information and telecommunications networks, including the Internet, for a period of 3 years, 6 months of restrictions on freedom
Upheld January 11, 2023
Charges
- Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Participation in the activities of an extremist organization
Full wording of the charges
involved in the activities of an extremist organisation
Latest event
March 19, 2025 — removed from the rosfinmonitoring list
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial Human Rights Centre, February 13, 2020
Timeline
· Removed from the Rosfinmonitoring list
· Persecution ends
· Cassation ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 2 years
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion
Memorial Human Rights Centre
· Persecution begins
The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Kursk
Criminal case
The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Kursk
Other defendants in the case
- Andrei Andreev — At large, 4 years 6 months
- Alevtina Bagratyan — At large, 2 years
- Artem Bagratyan — At large, 2 years 6 months
- Andrey Ryshkov — At large, 3 years
Thematic group: The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Kursk
Details and sources
Full summary
On 21 January 2020, he was detained in a criminal case on the activities of an extremist organisation. On 3 June 2021, he was sentenced to two years of 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.