Sazonov Andrey

Name: Sazonov Andrey Vladimirovich
Date of Birth: August 15, 1980
Current status: main sentence served
Articles of Criminal Code of Russian Federation: 282.2 (1), 282.3 (1)
Time spent in prison: 2 day in a temporary detention facility, 18 day in a pre-trial detention, 177 day Under house arrest
Sentence: penalty in the form of a fine in the amount of 450,000 rubles

Biography

In February 2019, Andrey Sazonov faced criminal prosecution for his faith. He was under trial three times, accused of extremism. In the fall of 2025, the court imposed a large fine on him.

Andrey was born in 1980 in Moscow. He has a sister. The young man graduated from the Moscow State Textile University with a degree in engineering in the field of industrial heat and power engineering.

In 2002, Andrey married Viktoria, and the couple decided to move to Urai (Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Area). There, the man got a job at the "Urayteploenergia" enterprise as a mechanic and still works there. The management characterizes Andrey Sazonov positively. He is a peaceful, non-confrontational person, and gets along well with employees.

Since childhood, Andrey was fond of football and hockey, so he often played in local mini-football competitions, as well as for the Urai hockey team. His wife, Viktoria, is a translator and teacher of English. She shares her husband's passion for hockey. A son and a daughter were born in the marriage.

Back in the 1990s, Andrey decided that faith in God would occupy an important place in his life and the life of his family. Spouses are happy to invite friends to visit to sing and dance together. Andrey's friends and colleagues consider the accusations of extremism absurd.

Case History

In January 2019, Andrey Sazonov, father of two (minor at the time), deputy general director of an energy company, faced persecution for his faith. A criminal case was initiated against him for organizing extremist activity, and later he was charged with financing it. After the search and interrogation, the believer was placed in a pretrial detention center, then under house arrest, and 6 months later — under a ban on certain actions. The court considered the case from June 2020 to December 2021. As a result, Sazonov was fined 500,000 rubles. The court of appeal overturned this decision and sent the case for a new trial to the same court, but composed of different judges. In June 2022, hearings began a second time, and in October 2023, the court imposed a fine of 450,000 rubles on the believer. In January 2024, after a second appeal hearing the case was sent back again for reconsideration. In October 2025, the court again fined Andrey 450,000 rubles.
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