Sokolov Yevgeniy

This person is also involved in another criminal case as well:
The Case of Sokolov and Others in Voronezh
Name: Sokolov Yevgeniy Yuriyevich
Date of Birth: July 18, 1976
Current status: convicted person
Articles of Criminal Code of Russian Federation: 282.2 (2)
Current restrictions: suspended sentence
Sentence: punishment in the form of imprisonment for a term of 3 years, with deprivation of the right to engage in activities related to leadership and participation in the work of public organizations for a term of 3 years, with restriction of liberty for a term of 10 months, a sentence of imprisonment shall be considered conditional with a probationary period of 3 years
Currently held in: Detention Center No.1 for Voronezh Region

Sokolov Yevgeniy Yuriyevich, born 1976, Detention Center No.1 for Voronezh Region, ul. Zhelyabova, 56, Voronezh, Voronezh Region, 394030

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Biography

Yevgeniy Sokolov is one of Jehovah's Witnesses who has already faced persecution for his faith twice. In the Amur Region, the court gave him a three-year suspended sentence, and in Voronezh, the court sent him to a penal colony for seven years on similar charges. In both cases, peaceful Christian activity was considered extremism.

Yevgeniy was born in 1976 in the city of Prokopyevsk (Kemerovo Region). He has two siblings. As a child, he went fishing with his father and loved to read.

After school, Yevgeniy graduated from a mining school. He worked as an underground electrician in a mine, as well as an electrician in a hotel and an evening school. At various times, he lived in the Far East, in the Kemerovo, Saratov and Voronezh regions, in Khanty-Mansiysk.

In the early 1990s, Yevgeniy began to study the Bible. He was impressed by the consistency of this ancient book, as well as the accuracy of the prophecies fulfilled, and decided to become a Christian.

In 1995, Yevgeniy married Alesya. They love to spend time together in nature, especially in the mountains.

Family and friends are shocked by Yevgeniy's arrest and worried that this respectable man was put behind bars because of reading the Bible.

Case History

In December 2022, the FSB in Zeya initiated a second criminal case against Yevgeniy Sokolov for his worship. The first case was initiated two years earlier in Voronezh. Then the believer's home was searched, and he spent almost 5 months in a pretrial detention center. In Zeya, he was banned from certain actions. Sokolov was accused of participating in Jehovah's Witnesses meetings, where the believers discussed Bible teachings with friends. As it turned out, the woman, who pretended to be interested in the Bible, on the instructions of an FSB officer, made hidden audio-video recordings of meetings for worship. The prosecutor requested a punishment for the believer 3 years in prison. In May 2024, the court gave him a 3-year suspended sentence, 3 months later the court of appeal upheld this decision.
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