Evgeny Zyablov
Evgeny Zyablov, born 1977, Magadan Oblast. Charges: Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in the activities of an extremist organization); Article 282.3 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code (Financing extremist activities); “Case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Magadan Oblast”. Sentenced on March 6, 2024. Status: at large. Recognition: Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners — recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion, January 8, 2020; Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion, January 8, 2020.
In brief
Magadan Oblast · Magadan · Extremism cases, Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses
Sentence
5 years
Ban on activity, Suspended prison sentence, Restriction of liberty
Upheld October 15, 2024
Charges
- Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Participation in the activities of an extremist organization
- Article 282.3 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code — Financing extremist activities
Full wording of the charges
financed extremist activities
Latest event
October 15, 2024 — appeal
The court upheld the verdict.
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion — Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners, January 8, 2020
- Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial Human Rights Centre, January 8, 2020
Timeline
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· Imprisonment begins
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 5 years
· Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion
Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Preventive measure: house arrest
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Magadan Oblast
· Persecution begins
Case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Magadan Oblast
· Preventive measure: placement in a temporary detention facility
Criminal case
Case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Magadan Oblast
- Case number
- 1-12/2023 (1-220/2022;)
Other defendants in the case
- Sergey Agadjanov — At large, 3 years
- Lyubov Asatryan — At large, 3 years
- Galina Dergacheva — At large, 3 years
- Sergey Erkin — At large, 7 years
- Inna Kardakova — At large, 3 years
- Konstantin Petrov — At large, 7 years
- Galina Pechko — At large, 3 years
- Ivan Puida — At large, 7 years
- Viktor Revyakin — At large, 3 years
- Mikhail Solntsev — At large, 3 years
- Oksana Solntseva — At large, 3 years
- Irina Khvostova — At large, 3 years
Thematic group: The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Magadan Oblast
Details and sources
Full summary
Detained on 30 May 2018 after a search, arrested on 1 June on charges of organising activities of an extremist organisation. On 5 October, transferred under house arrest. Later released on his own recognisance.
On 9 August 2020, it became known that a case of financing extremist activities was also opened against Zyablov.
On 6 March 2024 he was sentenced to five 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.