Konstantin Zherebtsov
Konstantin Zherebtsov, born 1973, Moscow Oblast. Charges: Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Organization of the activities of an extremist organization); Article 282.2 part 1.1, Russian Criminal Code (Involvement of a person in the activities of an extremist organization); Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in the activities of an extremist organization); “The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in the Moscow region”. Sentence (May 23, 2021): Two years two months' deprivation of liberty suspended with a probation period of two years. Status: at large. Recognition: Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, April 5, 2020.
In brief
Moscow Oblast · Podolsk · Electricians · Extremism cases, Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses
Sentence
2 years 2 months
Two years two months' deprivation of liberty suspended with a probation period of two years
Upheld January 12, 2022
Charges
- Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Organization of the activities of an extremist organization
- Article 282.2 part 1.1, Russian Criminal Code — Involvement of a person in the activities of an extremist organization
- Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Participation in the activities of an extremist organization
Full wording of the charges
participated in the activities of an extremist organisation
Latest event
December 21, 2023 — removed from the rosfinmonitoring list
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial Human Rights Centre, April 5, 2020
Timeline
· Removed from the Rosfinmonitoring list
· Persecution ends
· Cassation ruling
upheld
· Preventive measure: travel ban (written undertaking)
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 2 years 2 months
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion
Memorial Human Rights Centre
· Preventive measure: house arrest
· Persecution begins
The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in the Moscow region
Criminal case
The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in the Moscow region
Other defendants in the case
- Yuri Krutyakov — At large, 6 years
- Zinaida Krutyakova — At large, 2 years 3 months
- Vitaly Nikiforov — At large, 2 years
Thematic group: The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in the Moscow region
Details and sources
Full summary
On 3 October 2019, Zherebtsov's house was searched in the case of participation in the activities of an extremist organisation. The next day, the court sent him under house arrest.
On 24 May 2021, he was sentenced to two years and two months 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.