Nikolay Leshchеnko - Prisoners of Conscience - Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia

Case of Amosov and Others in Petrozavodsk

Name:

Nikolay Grigoriyevich Leshchеnko

Born:

1962

Current status:

accused

Current restrictions:

Recognizance agreement

Biography

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Updated 17 January 2020

Region:

Karelia

Locality:

Petrozavodsk

Case number:

11907860001000022

Current stage:

preliminary investigation (pre-trial proceedings)

Suspected of:

According to the investigation they united in an organized group with the goal of organizing in the territory of the city of Petrozavodsk of the Republic of Karelia the activities of the local unit of the banned religious organization “Jehovah's Witnesses Administrative Center in Russia," including by organizing meetings and involving new members in its activities

Article of the Russian Criminal Code:

282.2 (1)

Investigating:

Russian Federal Security Office for the Republic of Karelia

Case initiated:

31 July 2019

Other persons in this case

Maksim Amosov

Mikhail Gordeev

Dmitriy Ravnushkin

Timeline

31.07.2019

УФСБ России по Республике Карелия возбуждает уголовное дело за веру по ст. 282.2 (1); по версии следствия, верующие объединились в организованную группу с целью организации на территории города Петрозаводска Республики Карелия деятельности местного подразделения запрещенной религиозной организации «Управленческий центр Свидетелей Иеговы в России», в том числе путем организации собраний и вовлечения в его деятельность новых членов. Невинными жертвами правоохранителей становятся: Лещенко Николай (1962 г.р.), Амосов Максим (1976 г.р.), Гордеев Михаил (1959 г.р.), Равнушкин Дмитрий (1975 г.р.).

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