Sergei Zabora
Sergei Zabora, born 1964, Komi Republic. Charges: Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Organization of the activities of an extremist organization); Article 282.3 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Financing of extremist activities); “Case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Pechora town”. Sentenced on December 17, 2024. Status: at large. Recognition: Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion, August 11, 2021.
In brief
Komi Republic · Pechora · Manual workers · Extremism cases, Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses
Sentence
Fine
No information about an appeal ruling.
Charges
- Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Organization of the activities of an extremist organization
- Article 282.3 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Financing of extremist activities
Full wording of the charges
Participated in organising the activities of an extremist organisation
Latest event
December 17, 2024 — first-instance verdict
The court delivered a guilty verdict.
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial Human Rights Centre, August 11, 2021
Timeline
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict
· Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion
Memorial Human Rights Centre
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Persecution begins
Case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Pechora town
Criminal case
Case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Pechora town
- Case number
- 1-174/2023
Other defendants in the case
- Nikolay Anufriev — At large
- Alexander Vorontsov — At large
- Eduard Merinkov — At large
- Pavel Ogorodov — At large
- Gennady Polyakevich — At large
- Alexander Prilepsky — Deceased
- Gennadiy Skutelets — At large
- Viktor Shchannikov — At large
Thematic group: The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Pechora
Details and sources
Full summary
A case was opened for organising the activities of an extremist organisation. On 20 January 2022, the court returned the case to the prosecutor's office. On 17 December 2024, when the case was retried, Zabora was sentenced to a fine, details unknown.
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.