Pyotr Zhiltsov
Pyotr Zhiltsov, born 1987, Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea. Charges: Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Organization of the activities of an extremist organization); Article 282.3 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code (Financing extremist activities); “The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Yalta”. Sentence (February 27, 2023): Six years and one month of deprivation of liberty in a general regime penal colony. Status: at large. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, February 26, 2023.
In brief
Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea · Yalta · Manual workers · Extremism cases, Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses
Sentence
6 years 1 month
Six years and one month of deprivation of liberty in a general regime penal colony
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 unknown), Russian Criminal Code — Financing extremist activities
Full wording of the charges
Involved in organising activities and financing an extremist organisation
Latest event
March 22, 2024 — preventive measure: ban on certain activities
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, February 26, 2023
Timeline
· Preventive measure: ban on certain activities
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 6 years 1 month
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol
· Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
· Preventive measure: ban on certain activities
· Preventive measure: house arrest
· Persecution begins
The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Yalta
· Preventive measure: placement in a temporary detention facility
Criminal case
The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Yalta
Other defendants in the case
- Daria Kuzo — At large, 3 years
- Taras Kuzo — At large, 6 years 6 months
- Sergey Lyulin — At large, 6 years 1 month
Thematic group: The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Yalta
Details and sources
Full summary
On 29 July 2021, Zhiltsov was detained, on 30 July the court sent him under house arrest on charges of organising activities of an extremist organisation and financing extremist activities. On 11 July 2022, the measure of restriction was changed to prohibition of certain actions. On 27 February 2023, he was sentenced to six years and one month in a general regime penal colony. On 22 March, the appeals court cancelled the sentence and returned the case to the court of the first instance, Zhiltsov's measure of restriction was replaced with prohibition of certain actions.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
- Preventive measures
- ban on certain activities
Other people prosecuted under Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.