{"id":2790,"date":"2016-04-29T09:37:23","date_gmt":"2016-04-29T09:37:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jwforum.net\/news\/2016\/04\/29\/russia-in-2015-89-known-individuals-and-communities-prosecuted-for-religious-literature\/"},"modified":"2021-08-18T10:25:31","modified_gmt":"2021-08-18T07:25:31","slug":"russia-in-2015-89-known-individuals-and-communities-prosecuted-for-religious-literature","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jwforum.net\/portal\/russia-in-2015-89-known-individuals-and-communities-prosecuted-for-religious-literature\/","title":{"rendered":"RUSSIA: In 2015, 89 known individuals and communities prosecuted for religious literature"},"content":{"rendered":"
Unemployed Jehovah’s Witness A. Bokov served six days in prison for possessing Jehovah’s Witness literature the Russian authorities deem “extremist”. Yevgeny Menshenin served five days in prison for sharing an Islamic video on a social network. Elista’s Jehovah’s Witness community and an Islamic community in Komsomolsk-on-Amur were each fined 100,000 Roubles for religious literature (Jehovah’s Witnesses say the literature in Elista had been planted). These were some of the 89 known individuals and communities brought to court in 2015 under Administrative Code Article 20.29 for religious literature, Forum 18 News Service notes, a rise of a third on 2014. While more than half the prosecutions resulted from Islamic materials (many of them online), more than a third (a marked increase on 2014) were Jehovah’s Witness texts. The other two were from Chinese spiritual movement Falun Gong.<\/span><\/div>\n
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A total of 89 individuals and religious communities across Russia are known to have been brought to court in 2015 for possession of literature dealing with religion or beliefs, Forum 18 News Service has found in an analysis of court records. None of this literature appears to incite the violation of human rights, violence or hatred. Of these, 79 ended up with punishments, including four individuals who received jail sentences.<\/div>\n
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These figures represent an increase on the previous year, when 56 punishments (all fines) resulted from 65 prosecutions for possession of religious literature the authorities deem “extremist” (see F18News 31 March 2014 http:\/\/www.forum18.org\/archive.php?article_id=2052).<\/div>\n
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The cases were brought under Article 20.29 of the Code of Administrative Offences (“Production or mass distribution of extremist materials”). In 33 cases, courts ordered the confiscated religious literature to be destroyed.<\/div>\n
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Short-term imprisonment<\/div>\n
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Two Muslims and two Jehovah’s Witnesses received short-term jail sentences. Jehovah’s Witness A. Bokov was initially detained for 10 days in Voronezh because he was unemployed with no source of income to pay a fine \u2013 his sentence was reduced on appeal to six days and he was released immediately after his appeal hearing on 9 December. In Krasnodar Region, Jehovah’s Witness Vladimir Yeltavsky was sentenced to 12 days on 2 July but released on appeal the next day (see below).<\/div>\n
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Metin Karakoch, director of the Turkish Language Centre at Astrakhan State University, was detained for two days on 27 May for posting text from books by Islamic scholar Fethullah Gulen on a local internet forum \u2013 he subsequently left Russia for Turkey. In Perm Region on 26 March, Yevgeny Menshenin received a five-day sentence for sharing the video “The Wonders of the Koran” on the VKontakte social network (see below).<\/div>\n
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Islamic prosecutions continue, Jehovah’s Witness prosecutions increase<\/div>\n
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Although a majority of cases involved banned Islamic texts or videos, prosecutions for alleged dissemination of Jehovah’s Witness material have shown a marked increase throughout 2015, Forum 18 has observed (see below).<\/div>\n
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This is consistent with a general increase in law enforcement attention towards Jehovah’s Witnesses in 2015 and 2016. This has included several attempts to liquidate local communities (see F18News 22 March 2016 http:\/\/www.forum18.org\/archive.php?article_id=2161), blocks on imports of Jehovah’s Witness literature (see F18News 14 December 2015 http:\/\/www.forum18.org\/archive.php?article_id=2133), and an ongoing prosecutor’s suit to outlaw as “extremist” the Jehovah’s Witness translation of the Bible.<\/div>\n
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Article 20.29<\/div>\n
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Article 20.29 of the Administrative Code punishes “production or mass distribution of extremist materials included in the published Federal List of Extremist Materials, as well as their production or storage for mass distribution”. Once a court \u2013 even a low-level court – has ruled a text “extremist” and the verdict has come into force, the ruling must be communicated within three days to the Justice Ministry, which maintains the Federal List. The item will then be added to the List within a further 30 days, banning its distribution throughout Russia.<\/div>\n
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Despite the term “mass distribution”, prosecutors have often brought charges even if only one copy of a text is discovered. No state agency has answered Forum 18’s questions on whether it is right that people should be punished for their possession and whether such prosecutions are a sensible use of police and prosecutors’ time (see F18News 2 March 2016 http:\/\/www.forum18.org\/archive.php?article_id=2154).<\/div>\n
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The Russian authorities began similar prosecutions in Crimea soon after they annexed the territory from Ukraine in March 2014 (see Forum 18’s Crimea religious freedom survey http:\/\/www.forum18.org\/archive.php?article_id=2051).<\/div>\n
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The Federal List now runs to over 3,000 items, often does not include full bibliographical details, and is irregularly updated. Checking whether a particular item is on the List can be very difficult or even impossible. The removal of an item from the Federal List is rare and can be short-lived, and in recent years, new texts have been added at an increasing rate (see F18News 27 July 2015 http:\/\/www.forum18.org\/archive.php?article_id=2084).<\/div>\n
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From 23 November 2015, an amendment to the Extremism Law stops some, but not all, sacred texts – “the Bible, the Koran, the Tanakh and the Kanjur, their contents, and quotations from them” – from being ruled “extremist” and placed on the Federal List (see F18News 30 November 2015 http:\/\/www.forum18.org\/archive.php?article_id=2126).<\/div>\n
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Massive fine increases in 2015<\/div>\n
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From May 2015, organisations in Russia \u2013 including religious communities \u2013 have faced sharply increased fines for the distribution of items on the Federal List (see F18News 15 May 2015 http:\/\/www.forum18.org\/archive.php?article_id=2062). Amendments signed into law by President Vladimir Putin doubled the minimum fine for “juridical persons” (which include commercial, publishing, media and registered religious organisations) to 100,000 Roubles (now 12,300 Norwegian Kroner, 1,300 Euros or 1,500 US Dollars). The maximum fine was raised 10-fold to 1 million Roubles.\u00a0<\/div>\n
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The amendments have not increased fines for individuals or officials. If convicted, individuals continue to face a fine of between 1,000 and 3,000 Roubles, or up to 15 days’ imprisonment. Fines for people acting in an official capacity (including individuals such as bookshop owners) range from 2,000 to 5,000 Roubles. (Each 1,000 Roubles is now equivalent to 120 Norwegian Kroner, 13 Euros or 15 US Dollars.)<\/div>\n
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Many other individuals are charged with offences under Article 20.29 for dissemination of material which does appear to incite the violation of human rights, violence or hatred. Forum 18 found a total of 849 cases under Article 20.29 in 2015 \u2013 this figure includes prosecutions for both religious and non-religious texts, videos, images, and songs, and for both material which does appear to be violent or racist and that which does not.<\/div>\n
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Consequences\u00a0<\/div>\n
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Prosecutors may use convictions under Article 20.29 as evidence of “extremist” activity and grounds for the dissolution of a religious organisation. This has been the experience of six Jehovah’s Witness communities so far (in Taganrog, Samara, Abinsk in Krasnodar Region, Tyumen in Siberia, and Belgorod and Stariy Oskol, both in Belgorod Region), although the Russian Supreme Court overturned the dissolution of the Tyumen congregation on 15 April 2016. Liquidation proceedings are continuing against a seventh community in Cherkessk in the North Caucasus (see F18News 22 March 2015 http:\/\/www.forum18.org\/archive.php?article_id=2161). One Muslim community, in Borovsky village in Tyumen Region, has also been dissolved for this reason (see F18News 3 December 2014 http:\/\/www.forum18.org\/archive.php?article_id=2020).<\/div>\n
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If an entire religious community is banned as “extremist”, its former members may face criminal prosecution if they continue to meet informally. Sixteen Jehovah’s Witnesses in Taganrog were convicted on 30 November 2015 of “continuing the activities of a banned extremist organisation” (see F18News 3 December 2015 http:\/\/www.forum18.org\/archive.php?article_id=2128). Rostov Regional Court rejected their appeals on 17 March 2016 and the convictions have now come into force.<\/div>\n
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On 2 March 2016, Russia’s General Prosecutor’s Office issued a written warning “that engaging in extremist activity is not permitted” to the Administrative Centre of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Russia. This document, seen by Forum 18, makes specific reference to the distribution of prohibited literature as “extremist” activity which the Administrative Centre must prevent or face dissolution. The General Prosecutor’s Office advises that “practical and organisational measures” must be taken within two months (ie. by 2 May) or the entire Jehovah’s Witness association will be subject to liquidation.<\/div>\n
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2015 prosecutions<\/div>\n
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Fifty-five of the 89 known Article 20.29 cases for religious literature in 2015 were brought in relation to Islamic texts or videos, the same number as in 2014 (55 out of 65 cases). The number involving Jehovah’s Witness literature, however, rose significantly, from only ten in 2014 (out of 65 cases) to 32 in 2015 (out of 89 cases). The other two cases in 2015 involved material produced by the Chinese spiritual movement Falun Gong.<\/div>\n
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Prosecutions for Jehovah’s Witness texts also show an increase throughout 2015, with nine coming to court between January and April and five between May and August, rising to 18 in the last four months of the year.<\/div>\n
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Of the 89 known cases, 84 resulted in conviction in the first instance, and five in acquittal. Defendants appealed against 23 convictions, only one of which was overturned and another seven returned to the original court for re-examination. Another two sentences were reduced on appeal (although the convictions themselves remained). Of the seven cases which have gone to re-trial, four have led to acquittal and two to conviction (the outcome of the seventh is unknown).<\/div>\n
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Even if they are ultimately exonerated, defendants are forced to spend time, energy and money to counter the charges against them, Forum 18 notes.<\/div>\n
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Article 20.29 prosecutions in general are now overwhelmingly based on internet distribution of text, image, video or audio files (754 out of 849 total cases, both religious and non-religious), usually by means of social media and most often on the Russian VKontakte network (see F18News 2 March 2016 http:\/\/www.forum18.org\/archive.php?article_id=2154).<\/div>\n
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Prosecutions for religious material, however, are still dominated by hard copies of books and other literature and comprise the majority of “offline” cases found by Forum 18 (66 out of 95). Eighteen of the 23 cases involving online religious material were based on the sharing of the video “The Wonders of the Koran”, which was banned by Nefteyugansk City Court in Tyumen Region on 7 April 2011 and does not appear to incite the violation of human rights, violence or hatred.<\/div>\n
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Effect of Orenburg ruling<\/div>\n
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Unusually, 2015 saw the removal from the Federal List of 50 Islamic texts originally banned in a 20-minute hearing at Orenburg’s Lenin District Court in March 2012. Although the appeal against the “extremism” ruling on these items took place in February 2015, it was not until May that the ban was finally lifted and the titles did not disappear from the Federal List until mid-July (see F18News 27 July 2015 http:\/\/www.forum18.org\/archive.php?article_id=2084).<\/div>\n
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While there were 35 prosecutions for distribution of the Orenburg texts in 2014, this number fell to 18 in 2015 (mainly for offences allegedly committed before the 50 reprieved texts were removed from the Federal List or involving one of the other 18 books which remain banned). Forum 18 nevertheless found three prosecutions in the last four months of 2015 involving texts deleted from the List.<\/div>\n
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The 50 unbanned texts included popular prayer books often sold in bookshops, markets, and mosques. Their removal from the Federal List has led to a decline in the number of booksellers and shopkeepers charged under Article 20.29, from fourteen in 2014 to only two in 2015.<\/div>\n
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Organisations<\/div>\n
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Five registered religious organisations faced charges under Article 20.29 in 2015 (down from nine in 2014). Three of these were Jehovah’s Witness communities and two were mosques.<\/div>\n
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Examples of Article 20.29 cases during 2015 include:<\/div>\n
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– on 2 October, R. Kuchukova was fined 1,000 Roubles at Kuibyshev District Court in Omsk for uploading the text of “Gardens of the Righteous” (unbanned in Orenburg) onto her VKontakte profile page. Neither the local FSB security service, which found the text while “monitoring the Omsk segment of the internet”, nor Judge Galina Parkhomenko, acknowledged that the case should not legally have been initiated. When contacted by Forum 18, Judge Parkhomenko’s office refused to explain by phone or by email why Kuchukova had been fined for material no longer considered “extremist” (see F18News 2 March 2016 http:\/\/www.forum18.org\/archive.php?article_id=2154).<\/div>\n
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– on 11 September, Elista’s Jehovah’s Witness community became the first known Jehovah’s Witness organisation to be convicted under the new sentencing regulations introduced in May 2015, receiving a fine of 100,000 Roubles at Elista City Court. The community argued that the banned “extremist” material found by police in their building’s grounds had been planted by unknown persons. On 15 February 2016, Jehovah’s Witnesses stated on their main international website jw.org that law enforcement agencies in Russia “have increasingly resorted to fabricating evidence to justify charges of extremism against Jehovah’s Witnesses” (see F18News 2 March 2016 http:\/\/www.forum18.org\/archive.php?article_id=2154).<\/div>\n
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– 58-year-old Jehovah’s Witness elder Vladimir Yeltavsky was jailed for 12 days at Bryukhovetsk District Court in Krasnodar Region on 2 July, for allegedly giving copies of banned Jehovah’s Witness brochures to a local resident at her home. Yeltavsky learned of the hearing only when bailiffs arrived to take him to court, less than an hour in advance, and was therefore unable to engage a lawyer or familiarise himself with the case materials. At an appeal hearing on 3 July, Yeltavsky was acquitted and released after 32 hours in custody, as the statute of limitations had expired before the case came to court (see F18News 14 October 2015 http:\/\/www.forum18.org\/archive.php?article_id=2111).<\/div>\n
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– in March, two residents of Kungur in Perm Region were convicted in separate cases of distributing the banned video “The Wonders of the Koran”. Although they were sentenced just 24 hours apart by the same judge for the same offence, Ye. Belyayeva received a fine while Yevgeny Menshenin was jailed for five days. Neither the judge nor the prosecutor involved in these cases would explain to Forum 18 why Menshenin had been imprisoned (see F18News 15 May 2015 http:\/\/www.forum18.org\/archive.php?article_id=2062).<\/div>\n
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How prosecutions start<\/div>\n
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The majority of known Article 20.29 cases in 2015 arose from raids or inspections carried out by law enforcement officials, usually with the aim of “checking compliance with anti-extremism legislation”, according to court verdicts. In a few cases against Jehovah’s Witnesses, prosecutors brought charges after an individual handed in a text to the police or security services after receiving it in the street or at a meeting.<\/div>\n
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Known Article 20.29 “extremist” religious material cases from 2015<\/div>\n
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1. 24 December<\/div>\n
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Name: Z.E. Khalifayev<\/div>\n
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Fine: 1,000 Roubles<\/div>\n
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Court: Railway District Court, Voronezh<\/div>\n
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Material: Islamic video “The Wonders of the Koran” (banned Nefteyugansk City Court, Khanty-Mansiisk, Tyumen Region, 7 April 2011) uploaded onto social network, found during monitoring by Anti-Extremism Police<\/div>\n
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Confiscation\/destruction: Not applicable<\/div>\n
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Appeal: None<\/div>\n
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2. 18 December<\/div>\n
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Name: M.Sh. Gumerov\u00a0<\/div>\n
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Fine: 3,000 Roubles<\/div>\n
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Court: Dimitrovgrad City Court, Ulyanovsk Region<\/div>\n
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Material: One copy of Islamic text “Fortress of a Muslim” (banned Kurgan City Court, 16 February 2015; Ussuriysk District Court, Primorye, 31 July 2014) \u2013 shared with acquaintances and relatives and kept at defendant’s home; admitted possession but denied distribution; copy apparently published by “Pik Dom Pechati” of Kazan \u2013 but no such edition appears on List<\/div>\n
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Confiscation\/destruction: Confiscation<\/div>\n
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Appeal: Partially successful, returned for re-examination \u2013 28 January, Ulyanovsk Regional Court; premature judgement with substantial procedural violations \u2013 points out discrepancy in bibliographical details; conviction overturned on re-examination \u2013 16 February 2016, Dimitrovgrad City Court<\/div>\n
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3. 17 December<\/div>\n
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Name: Yekaterina Kuznetsova<\/div>\n
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Fine: 2,500 Roubles<\/div>\n
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Court: Tikhoretsk City Court, Krasnodar Region<\/div>\n
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Material: Jehovah’s Witness text “Was Life Created?” (banned October District Court, Belgorod, 4 March 2015) distributed with other literature from trolley in the street with Leontyeva (see below); gave book to unknown man at his request, who then called police to report literature “aimed at undermining the foundations of Orthodoxy”<\/div>\n
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Confiscation\/destruction: Destruction<\/div>\n
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Appeal: Partially successful \u2013 returned for re-examination, 4 February, Krasnodar Regional Court, Judge Kharet Bors; conviction overturned on re-examination \u2013 4 March 2016, Tikhoretsk City Court<\/div>\n
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4. 17 December<\/div>\n
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Name: Zinaida Leontyeva<\/div>\n
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Fine: 2,500 Roubles<\/div>\n
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Court: Tikhoretsk City Court, Krasnodar Region<\/div>\n
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Material: as above \u2013 Jehovah’s Witness book \u2013 with Kuznetsova<\/div>\n
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Confiscation\/destruction: Destruction<\/div>\n
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Appeal: Partially successful \u2013 returned for re-examination, 4 February, Krasnodar Regional Court; conviction overturned on re-examination \u2013 4 March 2016, Tikhoretsk City Court<\/div>\n
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5. 17 December<\/div>\n
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Name: Gennady Rakhmanin<\/div>\n
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Fine: 2,000 Roubles<\/div>\n
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Court: Gulkevichi District Court, Krasnodar Region<\/div>\n
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Material: Jehovah’s Witness texts \u2013 “The Watchtower” magazine, “What does the Bible really teach?” and “Does God really care about us?” distributed at bus stop in Kavkazskaya village<\/div>\n
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Confiscation\/destruction: Confiscation<\/div>\n
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Appeal: Partially successful \u2013 returned for re-examination, 9 February, Krasnodar Regional Court; re-trial on 24 March 2016, Gulkevichi District Court \u2013 outcome unknown<\/div>\n
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6. 16 December<\/div>\n
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Name: M.R. Miftakhutdinov<\/div>\n
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Fine: 2,000 Roubles<\/div>\n
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Court: Dimitrovgrad City Court, Ulyanovsk Region<\/div>\n
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Material: One copy of Islamic text “Fortress of a Muslim” (banned Kurgan City Court, 16 February 2015; Ussuriysk District Court, Primorye, 31 July 2014) kept at defendant’s home “with the aim of mass distribution” and shared with acquaintances and relatives<\/div>\n
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Confiscation\/destruction: Destruction<\/div>\n
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Appeal: Partially successful, returned for re-examination \u2013 4 February, Ulyanovsk Regional Court; conviction overturned on re-examination \u2013 1 March 2016, Dimitrovgrad City Court<\/div>\n
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7. 7 December<\/div>\n
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Name: E.A. Sukhoyvanenkov<\/div>\n
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Fine: 2,000 Roubles<\/div>\n
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Court: October District Court, Stavropol, Judge Aleksei Eminov\u00a0<\/div>\n
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Material: Jehovah’s Witness book “What does the Bible really teach?”, found at defendant’s home during search by Anti-Extremism Police<\/div>\n
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Confiscation\/destruction: Unknown\u00a0<\/div>\n
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Appeal: None<\/div>\n
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8. 4 December<\/div>\n
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Name: A.E. Bokov<\/div>\n
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Fine: None \u2013 10 days’ detention<\/div>\n
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Court: Komintern District Court, Voronezh<\/div>\n
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Material: Large quantity of Jehovah’s Witness texts found in defendant’s garage, including “What does the Bible really teach?” and “Drawing near to Jehovah”, during search operation by Anti-Extremism Police<\/div>\n
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Confiscation\/destruction: Confiscation<\/div>\n
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Appeal: Partially successful \u2013 detention reduced to six days, ie. freed after appeal hearing \u2013 9 December, Voronezh Regional Court (see F18News 2 March 2016 http:\/\/www.forum18.org\/archive.php?article_id=2154).\u00a0<\/div>\n
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9. 3 December<\/div>\n
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Name: A.Ya. Tulyakov, imam of Makhalla No. 1814<\/div>\n
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Fine: 3,000 Roubles<\/div>\n
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Court: Pachelma District Court, Penza Region<\/div>\n
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Material: Islamic texts “Values of Ramadan” (banned Norilsk City Court, Krasnoyarsk Region, 29 December 2014) and “Values of Zikra” (banned by Pervouralsk City Court, Sverdlovsk Regional, 9 February 2015), Muhammad Zakariya Kandahlawi; “Tasavvuf”, Osman Nuri Topbas (banned Lenin District Court, Orenburg, 21 March 2012 and 25 May 2015, ie. not one of those removed); found during law enforcement inspection on open bookshelves in prayer room<\/div>\n
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Confiscation\/destruction: Confiscation\u00a0<\/div>\n
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Appeal: None<\/div>\n
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10. 2 December<\/div>\n
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Name: Rasmina Ibragimova<\/div>\n
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Fine: 1,000 Roubles<\/div>\n
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Court: Industrial District Court, Smolensk<\/div>\n
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Material: Islamic video “The Wonders of the Koran” uploaded to VKontakte social network profile page<\/div>\n
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Confiscation\/destruction: Not applicable<\/div>\n
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Appeal: None<\/div>\n
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11. 26 November<\/div>\n
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Name: A.B.Koltakov<\/div>\n
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Fine: Unknown<\/div>\n
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Court: Komintern District Court, Voronezh<\/div>\n
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Material: unspecified Jehovah’s Witness texts<\/div>\n
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Confiscation\/destruction: unknown<\/div>\n
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Appeal: None<\/div>\n
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12. 24 November<\/div>\n
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Name: Mikhail Ivantsov, pastor of “Banner of Love” Pentecostal Church<\/div>\n
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Fine: None – acquitted<\/div>\n
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Court: Igra District Court, Udmurt Republic<\/div>\n
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Material: Jehovah’s Witness text “My book of Bible stories” (banned Rostov Regional Court, 11 September 2009) found among other books available for borrowing by parishioners, during inspection by prosecutor’s office; pastor does not dispute that book was present but does not know how it came to be there; now destroyed by pastor’s wife<\/div>\n
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Confiscation\/destruction: Not applicable \u2013 already destroyed<\/div>\n
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Appeal: None<\/div>\n
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13. 23 November<\/div>\n
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Name: Z.Z. Safiyullina<\/div>\n
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Fine: 1,000 Roubles<\/div>\n
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Court: Volzhsk City Court, Mari-El Republic<\/div>\n
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Material: Islamic video “The Wonders of the Koran” found on VKontakte profile page by FSB monitoring<\/div>\n
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Confiscation\/destruction: Not applicable<\/div>\n
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Appeal: None<\/div>\n
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14. 22 November<\/div>\n
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Name: A.N. Chebodayev<\/div>\n
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Fine: 2,000 Roubles<\/div>\n
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Court: Beya District Court, Khakasiya<\/div>\n
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Material: electronic copies of Islamic texts, uploaded onto VKontakte social network, found by FSB monitoring; “Purification and education and the need of Muslims for this”, by Muhammad Nasiruddin al-Albani (banned Abakan City Court, Khakasiya, 8 June 2010)<\/div>\n
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Confiscation\/destruction: Not applicable<\/div>\n
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Appeal: None<\/div>\n
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15. 19 November<\/div>\n
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Name: D.A. Aliyeva<\/div>\n
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Fine: 1,000 Roubles<\/div>\n
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Court: Gorodishche District Court, Penza Region<\/div>\n
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Material: Islamic brochure “Islam Today” by Abu Al-Mawdidi (banned Buguruslan City Court, Orenburg, 19 October 2007) found at house used as prayer hall, belonging to Aliyeva, during prosecutor’s office “inspection of compliance with anti-extremism legislation”<\/div>\n
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Confiscation\/destruction: Destruction<\/div>\n
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Appeal: None<\/div>\n
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16. 18 November<\/div>\n
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Name: Mansur Akhmadov<\/div>\n
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Fine: 1,000 Roubles<\/div>\n
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Court: Lenin District Court, Perm<\/div>\n
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Material: Islamic video “The Wonders of the Koran” found on VKontakte profile page by Anti-Extremism Police monitoring<\/div>\n
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Confiscation\/destruction: Not applicable<\/div>\n
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Appeal: None \u2013 accepts guilt<\/div>\n
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17. 17 November<\/div>\n
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Name: Ismail Kachayev\u00a0<\/div>\n
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Fine: 1,000 Roubles<\/div>\n
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Court: Kamenka City Court, Penza Region<\/div>\n
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Material: Islamic texts “Stories from the Koran” and “Understanding Islam” found in cupboard and on open bookshelf in Kobylkino Mosque No.2<\/div>\n
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Confiscation\/destruction: Destruction<\/div>\n
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Appeal: None<\/div>\n
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18. 17 November<\/div>\n
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Name: A.R. Nurayev \u2013 shopkeeper\u00a0<\/div>\n
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Fine: 3,000 Roubles<\/div>\n
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Court: Neftekamsk City Court, Bashkortostan<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Material: Four copies of Islamic text “Values of Namaz”; one copy of “Values of Ramadan” (banned Norilsk City Court, Krasnoyarsk Region, 29 December 2014); one copy of “Values of Zikra” (banned by Pervouralsk City Court, Sverdlovsk Regional, 9 February 2015), all by Muhammad Zakariya Kandahlawi; four copies of “Fortress of a Muslim” (Nalchik 2004 edition \u2013 banned Kurgan City Court, 6 April 2015); found during “inspection of compliance with anti-extremism legislation” at “Muslim” shop<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Confiscation\/destruction: Confiscation<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Appeal: None<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
19. 16 November<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Name: A.M. Magomedov<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Fine: 1,000 Roubles<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Court: Soviet District Court, Bryansk<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Material: Islamic text “Fortress of a Muslim”, apparently single copy, no details of edition or situation<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Confiscation\/destruction: unknown<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Appeal: None<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
20. 16 November<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Name: M.K. Egamov \u2013 prisoner\u00a0<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Fine: Unknown<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Court: Kirovo-Chepetsk District Court, Kirov Region<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Material: Islamic text “Thirty-three Windows” from Nursi’s “Risale-e Nur” collection (banned Koptev District Court, Moscow, 21 May 2007), found in locker during inspection; defendant accused of giving book to other inmates “with the aim of mass distribution”<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Confiscation\/destruction: Destruction<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Appeal: None<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
21. 11 November<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Name: S.A. Petrova<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Fine: 1,000 Roubles<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Court: Industrial District Court, Smolensk<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Material: Islamic video “The Wonders of the Koran” found on VKontakte profile page during FSB monitoring<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Confiscation\/destruction: Not applicable<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Appeal: None<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
22. 6 November<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Name: N.V. Mironenko<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Fine: Unknown<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Court and judge: Prokhladnyy District Court, Kabardino-Balkariya, Judge Andrei Blikanov<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Material: Jehovah’s Witness texts “What do you need to know about God and his purpose?”, “How can we develop a close relationship with God?”, “The secret of family happiness” distributed at bus stop<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Confiscation\/destruction: Destruction<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Appeal: None (see F18News 2 March 2016 http:\/\/www.forum18.org\/archive.php?article_id=2154).<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
23. 6 November<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Name: Lyudmila Ponomarenko<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Fine: 1,500 Roubles<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Court: Prokhladnyy District Court, Kabardino-Balkariya<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Material: Jehovah’s Witness texts “What do you need to know about God and his purpose?”, “How can we develop a close relationship with God?”, “The secret of family happiness” distributed at bus stop<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Confiscation\/destruction: Destruction<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Appeal: None (see F18News 2 March 2016 http:\/\/www.forum18.org\/archive.php?article_id=2154).\u00a0<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
24. 29 October<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Name: Valentina Kuznetsova, a founder of Serov Jehovah’s Witness community<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Fine: 2,000 Roubles<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Court: Serov District Court, Sverdlovsk Region<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Material: 51 copies of Jehovah’s Witness texts, incl. “What does the Bible really teach?”, “Knowledge that leads to everlasting life”, “Come and follow me”, “My book of Bible stories”, “Jehovah’s Witnesses \u2013 who are they? What do they believe?”; Serov prosecutor inspected community for “compliance with the requirements of anti-extremism legislation” and searched Kuznetsova’s flat<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Confiscation\/destruction: Confiscation<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Appeal: Unsuccessful \u2013 22 December, Sverdlovsk Regional Court<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
25. 29 October<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Name: Vera Osadchaya<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Fine: 1,000 Roubles<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Court: Chernigovka District Court, Primorye<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Material: Falun Gong texts (banned Pervomaisk District Court, Krasnodar, 27 October 2011); defendant tried to distribute material describing Chinese persecution of Falun Gong practitioners; five copies seized, two copies presented as evidence in court, supposedly given to the prosecutor’s office by witnesses who said they had received the books from Osadchaya<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Confiscation\/destruction: unknown<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Appeal: Unsuccessful \u2013 Primorye Regional Court, 25 December<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
26. 23 October<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Name: B.A. Avezov \u2013 prisoner\u00a0<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Fine: Unknown<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Court: Kirovo-Chepetsk District Court, Kirov Region<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Material: Islamic text “Fortress of a Muslim” (414-page Ezhayev edition \u2013 banned Kurgan City Court, 16 February 2015) found during unscheduled personal search<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Confiscation\/destruction: Destruction<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Appeal: None\u00a0<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
27. 20 October<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Name: Galimzyan Bikmullin, chair of Spiritual Administration of Muslims of Tyumen Region, charged as official person<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Fine: 3,000 Roubles<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Court: Central District Court, Tyumen<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Material: three Islamic texts from Said Nursi’s “Risale-i Nur” collection (“Tract on nature”, banned by Central District Court, Kaliningrad, 27 September 2012; “The truths of faith” and “Faith and man”, both banned by Koptev District Court, Moscow, 21 May 2007) found when prosecutor’s office and Anti-Extremism Police carried out search of Spiritual Administration’s premises; material freely accessible to parishioners in the prayer hall<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Confiscation\/destruction: Confiscation<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Appeal: Unsuccessful \u2013 14 December 2015, Tyumen Regional Court<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
28. 13 October<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Name: V.A. Yakushina\u00a0<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Fine: 2,000 Roubles<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Court: Gelendzhik City Court, Krasnodar Region<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Material: Jehovah’s Witness text “Good news from God” (banned Lenin District Court, Vladimir, 23 October 2013) freely distributed to passers-by outside “Smotochka” shop with V.V. Biyul (see below), one of whom reported this to the police<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Confiscation\/destruction: Confiscation<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Appeal: Unsuccessful \u2013 5 November, Krasnodar Regional Court<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
29. 8 October<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Name: R.A. Kan<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Fine: 1,000 Roubles<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Court: Lenin District Court, Vladivostok<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Material: FSB search of flat found 3000 copies of “agitational material of an anti-Chinese nature”, including 20 copies of a Falun Gong text (banned 27 October 2011) \u2013 could be “Chzhuan Falun”; “Report on Allegations of Organ Harvesting of Falun Gong Practitioners in China”; “Falun Dafa in the world”; “Global Torch Relay for Human Rights” (banned by Pervomaisk District Court, Krasnodar<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Confiscation\/destruction: Confiscation<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Appeal: None<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
30. 2 October<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Name: R.M. Kuchukova<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Fine: 1,000 Roubles<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Court and judge: Kuibyshev District Court, Omsk, Judge Galina Parkhomenko<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Material: Islamic text “Gardens of the Righteous” (banned Lenin District Court, Orenburg, 21 March 2012 but removed from list, and not banned by any other court); text uploaded into VKontakte social network profile page; found during FSB monitoring “of the Omsk segment of the internet”<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Confiscation\/destruction: Not applicable<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Appeal: None (see F18News 2 March 2016 http:\/\/www.forum18.org\/archive.php?article_id=2154).<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
31. 2 October<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Name: I.P. Antufyev<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Fine: 1,500 Roubles<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Court: October District Court, Arkhangelsk<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Material: two copies of Jehovah’s Witness text “What does the Bible really teach?”; handed to FSB by witness brought in for questioning, who testified that Antufyev had given them to him<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Confiscation\/destruction: neither<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Appeal: Unsuccessful \u2013 5 November, Arkhangelsk Regional Court<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
32. 18 September<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Name: V.V. Sirvetnik\u00a0<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Fine: None \u2013 acquitted<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Court: Nadym City Court, Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Region<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Material: Jehovah’s Witness brochures “Should you believe in the Trinity?” (banned Rostov Regional Court, 11 September 2009) and “What does God require from us?” (banned Gorno-Altaisk City Court, Altai Republic, 1 October 2009) found on another Jehovah’s Witness, “A”, who apparently signed statement saying she had received them from Sirvetnik<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Confiscation\/destruction: Not applicable\t<\/span><\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Appeal: None<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
33. 16 September<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Name: Yan Chernobay, charity president<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Fine: 1,500 Roubles<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Court: Kirov District Court, Samara<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Material: Jehovah’s Witness text “Worship the only God” (banned Rostov Regional Court 11 September 2009) found on open bookshelf during prosecutor’s office inspection of premises of the “Independence” (Nezavisimost) charity (drug and alcohol rehab); president does not know how book could have got into the building<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Confiscation\/destruction: Confiscation<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Appeal: None<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
34. 11 September<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Name: Jehovah’s Witnesses of Elista<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Fine: 100,000 Roubles<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Court: Elista City Court, Republic of Kalymykiya<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Material: Jehovah’s Witness texts among those banned by Rostov Regional Court, 11 September 2009; prosecutor’s office tipped off by two people who had allegedly attended services and received extremist books \u2013 search operation carried out by police \u2013 two packets containing brochures found in undergrowth in grounds of Kingdom Hall<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Confiscation\/destruction: unknown<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Appeal: Unsuccessful \u2013 9 November, Supreme Court of Kalmykiya; supervisory appeal unsuccessful \u2013 25 December, Supreme Court of Kalmykiya (see F18News 2 March 2016 http:\/\/www.forum18.org\/archive.php?article_id=2154).<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
35. 11 September<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Name: V.V. Biyul<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Fine: Unknown<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Court: Gelendzhik City Court, Krasnodar Region<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Material: Jehovah’s Witness text “Come and follow me” (banned Rostov Regional Court, 11 September 2009) freely distributed to passers-by outside hypermarket \u2013 with Yakushina (see above)<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Confiscation\/destruction: Destruction<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Appeal: Unsuccessful \u2013 27 October, Krasnodar Regional Court<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
36. 3 September<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Name: Kotlas Jehovah’s Witness community<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Fine: None \u2013 acquitted\u00a0<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Court: Kotlas City Court, Arkhangelsk Region<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Material: One copy of Jehovah’s Witness text (either “How do you know the true Christian?” or “Armageddon. What is it? When is it coming?”, both banned Aktubinsk District Court, Astrakhan Region, 24 November 2014) and other brochures displaying www.jw.org address found on community’s premises; judge concluded that website ban published on 7 August, after discovery of brochures on 3 June, and that “storage of a single copy of a publication does not indicate distribution of a mass nature or storage for the purpose of mass distribution”<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Confiscation\/destruction: Destruction<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Appeal: By prosecution, unsuccessful \u2013 29 September, Arkhangelsk Regional Court (see F18News 2 March 2016 http:\/\/www.forum18.org\/archive.php?article_id=2154).<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
37. 3 September<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Name: Nikolai Suslonov, chair of Kotlas Jehovah’s Witness community<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Fine: None – acquitted<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Court: Kotlas City Court, Arkhangelsk Region<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Material: Jehovah’s Witness texts \u2013 same as above in case against community<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Confiscation\/destruction: Destruction<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Appeal: None<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
38. 2 September<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Name: “NUR” local Muslim religious organisation, DUMAChR<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Fine: 100,000 Roubles<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Court: Central District Court, Komsomolsk-on-Amur<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Material: two Islamic books \u2013 Abdurrahman Raafat al-Bashi’s “Pictures from the Life of the Companions of the Messenger of Allah”, banned by Gorodishche District Court, Penza Region, 21 February 2008, and Ibn Hisham’s “The Life of the Prophet Mohammed”, banned by Lenin District Court, Orenburg, 21 March 2012 \u2013 found on community’s premises<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Confiscation\/destruction: Destruction \u2013 but order lifted with respect to Orenburg text<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Appeal: Unsuccessful, but changed to remove Orenburg text because of lifting of ban \u2013 22 October, Khabarovsk Regional Court; supervisory appeal unsuccessful \u2013 16 March 2016, Khabarovsk Regional Court (see F18News 2 March 2016 http:\/\/www.forum18.org\/archive.php?article_id=2154).\u00a0<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
39. 2 September<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Name: Magomedrasul Gimbatov, leader of “NUR” local Muslim religious organisation, DUMAChR<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Fine: 2,000 Roubles<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Court and judge: Central District Court, Komsomolsk-on-Amur, Judge Nadezhda Tatun<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Material: two Islamic books \u2013 Abdurrahman Raafat al-Bashi’s “Pictures from the Life of the Companions of the Messenger of Allah”, banned by Gorodishche District Court, Penza Region, 21 February 2008 and Ibn Hisham’s “The Life of the Prophet Mohammed”, banned by Lenin District Court, Orenburg, 21 March 2012 \u2013 found on community’s premises<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Confiscation\/destruction: Destruction \u2013 but order lifted with respect to Orenburg text<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Appeal: Unsuccessful, but changed to remove Orenburg text because of lifting of ban \u2013 22 October, Khabarovsk Regional Court; supervisory appeal also unsuccessful \u2013 14 March 2016, Khabarovsk Regional Court (see F18News 2 March 2016 http:\/\/www.forum18.org\/archive.php?article_id=2154).<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
40. 1 September<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Name: A. Khalimov, imam<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Fine: 3,000 Roubles<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Court: Tomponsk District Court, Sakha Republic<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Material: Islamic texts “The Life of the Prophet” and “A word on unity” (both banned by Buguruslan City Court, Orenburg, 6 August 2007) found during police search of mosque<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Confiscation\/destruction: Confiscation<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Appeal: None<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
41. 13 August<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Name: Asylbek Ryskaliyev, former imam<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Fine: 1,000 Roubles<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Court: Pallasovsky District Court, Volgograd Region<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Material: 3 copies of Islamic text “Muhammad: may Allah bless and welcome him” by Safi al-Rahman al-Mubarakfuri (banned by Gorodishchensky District Court, Penza Region, 22 February 2008); 4 discs containing “Book of the Mujahid” by Amir Abdullag Shamil Abu Idris (banned by Shakhunsk District Court, Nizhny Novgorod Region, 9 September 2011), “The Life of the Prophet” by Safi al-Rahman al-Mubarakfuri, translated from Arabic by Abdullah Nirsha (Primorsk District Court, St Petersburg, 19 April 2011), and “Understanding Islam” by Sheikh Ali al-Tantawi (Maykop City Court, Adygea, 24 November 2010) \u2013 found in Muslim shop under auspices of local Muslim religious organisation, during FSB inspection of shopping centre<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Confiscation\/destruction: Confiscation<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Appeal: None<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
42. 6 August<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Name: A.V. Ignatov<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Fine: None \u2013 acquitted<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Court: Vinogradovsky District Court, Arkhangelsk Region<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Material: 838 copies of Jehovah’s Witness literature found at Ignatov’s home during law enforcement search, including “Drawing near to Jehovah” (banned by First of May District Court, Krasnodar, 22 April 2011) and “Questions of Youth: Practical Advice” (banned by Rostov Regional Court, 11 September 2009) \u2013 judge concludes Ignatov is guilty but time for prosecution has run out<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Confiscation\/destruction: Destruction<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Appeal: by defendant against judge’s conclusion of guilt, unsuccessful \u2013 15 September 2015, Arkhangelsk Regional Court<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
43. 30 July<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Name: Ramil Gazizov<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Fine: 1,500 Roubles<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Court: Sernur District Court, Mari El Republic<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Material: Islamic video “The Wonders of the Koran” uploaded onto social network personal page, found by FSB monitoring<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Confiscation\/destruction: Not applicable<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Appeal: None<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
44. 28 July<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Name: E.R. Zholdoshev\u00a0<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Fine: 3,000 Roubles<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Court: Yakutsk City Court, Sakha Republic<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Material: Single copy of “Islamic religious book” banned by Sol-Iletsky District Court, Orenburg Region, 28 May 2012 (appears to be an-Nawawi’s “40 Hadiths”), seized during police raid on flat accommodating 8 Kyrgyz migrant workers<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Confiscation\/destruction: Destruction<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Appeal: None<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
45. 24 July<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Name: Makhalla No. 1371, Strezhevoy<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Fine: 150,000 Roubles<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Court and judge: Strezhevoy City Court, Tomsk Region, V.N. Miserev<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Material: 9 Islamic books (redacted, but appears to include “Risale-i Nur” texts) found on open shelf in men’s prayer hall of mosque, during inspection by FSB and prosecutor’s office staff<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Confiscation\/destruction: Confiscation<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Appeal: Unsuccessful \u2013 1 October, Tomsk Regional Court (see F18News 14 October 2015 http:\/\/www.forum18.org\/archive.php?article_id=2111).<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
46. 22 July\u00a0<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Name: R.A. Khatipov<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Fine: 1,000 Roubles<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Court: Chernushka District Court, Perm Region<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Material: Islamic texts – Volume 2 of “The best example of calling and upbringing. The most splendid person \u2013 may Allah bless and welcome him” by Omer Celik, Mustafa Ozturk and Murat Kay (Lenin District Court, Orenburg 21 March 2012); volumes 1 and 3 later unbanned<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Confiscation\/destruction: unknown<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Appeal: None<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
47. 16 July\u00a0<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Name: N.F. Safarov<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Fine: 1,000 Roubles<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Court: Barda District Court, Perm Region<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Material: Islamic video “The Wonders of the Koran” uploaded onto social network personal page, found by Anti-Extremism Police<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Confiscation\/destruction: Not applicable<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Appeal: None<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
48. 16 July<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Name: S.V. Bakilin<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Fine: 1,000 Roubles<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Court: Motovilikha District Court, Perm<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Material: Islamic video “The Wonders of the Koran” uploaded onto social network personal page, found by Anti-Extremism Police<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Confiscation\/destruction: Not applicable<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Appeal: Unsuccessful \u2013 10 August, Perm Regional Court<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
49. 2 July<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Name: Vladimir Yeltavsky<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Fine: None \u2013 12 days’ detention<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Court: Bryukhovetsk District Court, Krasnodar Region<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Material: “What does the Bible really teach?”, “Is it true that God takes care of us?”, and other Jehovah’s Witness literature, given by defendant to unnamed witness at her home in March 2015<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Confiscation\/destruction: Confiscation<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Appeal: successful \u2013 3 July, Krasnodar Regional Court (see F18News 14 October 2015 http:\/\/www.forum18.org\/archive.php?article_id=2111).<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
50. 26 June<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Name: A.A. Zhukov (head of local JW organisation)<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Fine: 3,000 Roubles<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Court: Yugorsk District Court, Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Region, Tyumen Region\u00a0<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Material: total of 31 copies of various Jehovah’s Witness books and brochures, including “What does the Bible really teach?”, handed out at religious meetings at defendant’s home; found during police search<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Confiscation\/destruction: Destruction<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Appeal: Unsuccessful \u2013 27 August, Khanty-Mansiisk Regional Court\u00a0<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
51. 19 June<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Name: A.L. Beklayev<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Fine: “minimum” fine, ie. 1,000 Roubles<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Court: Chusovoy City Court, Perm Region<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Material: Islamic video “The Wonders of the Koran” uploaded onto VKontakte social network, found by Anti-Extremism Police<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Confiscation\/destruction: Not applicable<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Appeal: None<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
52. 19 June<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Name: A.B. Abasov \u2013 prisoner\u00a0<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Fine: 1,000 Roubles<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Court: Verkhnekamsk District Court, Kirov Region<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Material: Islamic text “Book of Monotheism” by Muhammad at-Tamimi (banned by Savyolovo District Court, Moscow, 2 April 2004) given by defendant to fellow inmates, found in cell during inspection<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Confiscation\/destruction: Destruction<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Appeal: Unsuccessful \u2013 20 August, Kirov Regional Court<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
53. 18 June<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Name: R.R. Gilyazova<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Fine: unknown<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Court: Volzhsk City Court, Mari El Republic<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Material: Islamic video “The Wonders of the Koran” uploaded onto VKontakte social network<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Confiscation\/destruction: Not applicable<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Appeal: None<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
54. 17 June<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Name: V.V. Spivak<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Fine: 2,000 Roubles<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Court: Teykovo District Court, Ivanovo Region<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Material: Jehovah’s Witness literature distributed outside Teykovo railway station, including “What does the Bible really teach?”, “How to achieve happiness in life?”, “What can people expect?”, “What do you need to know about God and his purpose?”, “How to develop a close relationship with God”; more kept at defendant’s home\u00a0<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Confiscation\/destruction: unknown<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Appeal: Partially successful (fine reduced to 1000 because statute of limitations for station offence had expired, though not that for keeping literature in home), 13 August, Ivanovo Regional Court<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
55. 10 June<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Name: I.S. Kozlov<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Fine: Unknown<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Court: Lenin District Court, Vladimir<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Material: 6 text files uploaded to VKontakte personal page, containing Islamic books banned by Buguruslan City Court, Orenburg Region, 19 October 2007 \u2013 otherwise unspecified, but appears to include Muhammad Alia al-Hashimi’s “Personality of a Muslim”, which promotes peace and human rights<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Confiscation\/destruction: Deletion of files from VKontakte page<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Appeal: None<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
56. 9 June<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Name: G.R. Miftakhutdinova<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Fine: 1,000 Roubles<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Court: Volzhsk City Court, Mari El Republic<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Material: Islamic video “The Wonders of the Koran” uploaded onto VKontakte social network<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Confiscation\/destruction: Not applicable<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Appeal: None<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
57. 3 June<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Name: G.I. Abdulova<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Fine: 1,500 Roubles<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Court: Barda District Court, Perm Region<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Material: Islamic video “The Wonders of the Koran” uploaded onto VKontakte social network in 2011, found by Anti-Extremism Police<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Confiscation\/destruction: Not applicable<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Appeal: None<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
58. 27 May<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Name: Metin Karakoch, director of Centre for the Turkish Language at Astrakhan State University<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Fine: None \u2013 two days’ detention<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Court: Soviet District Court, Astrakhan<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Material: text from Islamic books by Fethullah Gulen posted on local internet forum, with links to works and recommendations to read them; unknown which titles, though ban on several lifted in Orenburg<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Confiscation\/destruction: Confiscation of computer equipment used<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Appeal: None \u2013 subsequently left Russia (see F18News 14 October 2015 http:\/\/www.forum18.org\/archive.php?article_id=2111).\u00a0<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
59. 22 May<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Name: V.G. Lepyoshkina<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Fine: 1,000 Roubles<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Court: Golyshmanovo District Court, Tyumen Region<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Material: distributed “What does the Bible really teach?” at Jehovah’s Witness gathering in her home in March 2015<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Confiscation\/destruction: unknown<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Appeal: None<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
60. 8 May<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Name: Musina<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Fine: 1,000 Roubles<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Court: Ordzhonikidze District Court, Perm<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Material: Islamic text “The way to the Koran” by Elmir Kuliyev (Kuybyshev District Court, Omsk, 12 July and 10 August 2012 \u2013 but ban lifted in Orenburg) reposted on VKontakte page, fully accessible for viewing and download; found by Anti-Extremism Police<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Confiscation\/destruction: Not applicable<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Appeal: None (see F18News 14 October 2015 http:\/\/www.forum18.org\/archive.php?article_id=2111).\u00a0<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
61. 30 April<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Name: Zulfiya Malikova<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Fine: 1,000 Roubles<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Court: Bolshaya Sosnova District Court, Perm Region<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Material: uploaded Islamic video “The Wonders of the Koran” onto VKontakte profile page; found during internet monitoring by Anti-Extremism Police<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Confiscation\/destruction: Not applicable<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Appeal: None<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
62. 28 April<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Name: I. Sh. Nigmatully<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Fine: 1,000 Roubles<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Court: Kunashak District Court, Chelyabinsk Region<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Material: Islamic texts \u2013 Osman Nuri Topbas’s “History of the Prophets”, Parts 2 (3rd ed.) and 3 (4th ed.) kept in defendant’s home (both banned by Lenin District Court, Orenburg, 21 March 2012) and found during search by FSB\u00a0<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Confiscation\/destruction: Destruction<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Appeal: None<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
63. 28 April<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Name: Guzaliya Galina<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Fine: 1,000 Roubles<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Court: Chaikovskiy City Court, Perm Region<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Material: Islamic video “The Wonders of the Koran” uploaded onto VKontakte profile page<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Confiscation\/destruction: Not applicable<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Appeal: None<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
64. 10 April<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Name: A.A. Aliyev<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Fine: Unknown<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Court and judge: Birobidzhan District Court, Jewish Autonomous Region\u00a0<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Material: Jehovah’s Witness texts including “Come and follow me”, “Knowledge that leads to everlasting life”, “What does the Bible really teach?”; “Questions of Youth” added by appeal judge<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Confiscation\/destruction: Destruction \u2013 ordered later by Birobidzhan District Court on 24 July 2015; overturned by Court of the Jewish Autonomous Region on 9 September as additions cannot be made to verdicts already in force; destruction ordered on re-examination by Birobidzhan District Court on 22 September; unsuccessful appeal by Aliyev on 19 October<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Appeal: Unsuccessful \u2013 16 June, Court of the Jewish Autonomous Region; supervisory appeal unsuccessful \u2013 14 August, Court of the Jewish Autonomous Region<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
65. 8 April<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Name: Maksim Tokayev<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Fine: Unknown<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Court: Novy Urengoy City Court, Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Region<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Material: Islamic text \u2013 Muhammad at-Tamimi’s “Book of Monotheism” \u2013 scanned copy uploaded to VKontakte; found during internet monitoring by Anti-Extremism Police<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Confiscation\/destruction: unknown<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Appeal: None<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
66. 8 April<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Name: M.A. Kuvvatov<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Fine: 1,000 Roubles<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Court: Lenin District Court, Voronezh<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Material: Islamic video “The Wonders of the Koran” uploaded to social media<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Confiscation\/destruction: Not applicable<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Appeal: None<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
67. 31 March<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Name: A.D. Ilchuk<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Fine: Unknown<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Court: Usolye City Court, Irkutsk Region<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Material: unknown Jehovah’s Witness brochure, found by police and Anti-Extremism Police<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Confiscation\/destruction: Destruction<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Appeal: None<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
68. 31 March<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Name: F.A. Ilchuk<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Fine: Unknown<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Court: Usolye City Court, Irkutsk Region<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Material: same case as above \u2013 unknown Jehovah’s Witness brochure, found by police and Anti-Extremism Police<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Confiscation\/destruction: Destruction<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Appeal: None<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
69. 30 March<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Name: Shamil Neverov, imam<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Fine: 2,000 Roubles<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Court: Spassk District Court, Penza Region<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Material: Islamic text “Constellation of the Righteous Caliphs” (banned by Lenin District Court, Orenburg, 21 March 2012); one copy found by law enforcement in Nizhny Lomov mosque library<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Confiscation\/destruction: Destruction\u00a0<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Appeal: None (see F18News 15 May 2015 http:\/\/www.forum18.org\/archive.php?article_id=2062).<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
70. 27 March<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Name: Ye.A. Belyayeva<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Fine: Unknown<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Court: Kungur City Court, Perm Region<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Material: Islamic video “The Wonders of the Koran” uploaded onto Vkontake social network<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Confiscation\/destruction: Not applicable\u00a0<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Appeal: None<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
71. 26 March\u00a0<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Name: Yevgeny Menshenin<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Fine: None \u2013 five days’ administrative detention<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Court: Kungur City Court, Perm Region<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Material: Islamic video “The Wonders of the Koran” uploaded onto VKontakte profile page<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Confiscation\/destruction: Deletion from page<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Appeal: None (see F18News 15 May 2015 http:\/\/www.forum18.org\/archive.php?article_id=2062).<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
72. 25 March<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Name: S.K Sainova<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Fine: 1,000 Roubles<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Court: Kirov District Court, Omsk<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Material: Islamic text, Abu Zakariya’s “Gardens of the Righteous” (banned by Lenin District Court, Orenburg, 21 March 2012) uploaded onto defendant’s VKontakte profile page; found during FSB internet monitoring<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Confiscation\/destruction: Not applicable<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Appeal: None<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
73. 19 March<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Name: F.M. Isayev<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Fine: Unknown<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Court: Kuvandyk District Court, Orenburg Region<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Material: Islamic text \u2013 “Muhtasar Ilmihal [Concise Catechism], Introduction to Islam” (banned by Arsenyev City Court, Primorye, 24 December 2012) found on bookshelf in prayer room at defendant’s home during police search<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Confiscation\/destruction: Confiscation<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Appeal: None<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
74. 19 March<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Name: M.D. Shevchenko<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Fine: 1,000 Roubles<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Court: Leningrad District Court, Krasnodar Region<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Material: Jehovah’s Witness book “Revelation, Its Grand Climax At hand!”; circumstances unspecified<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Confiscation\/destruction: Confiscation<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Appeal: Unsuccessful \u2013 19 May 2015, Krasnodar Regional Court<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
75. 17 March<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Name: Jehovah’s Witness community of Cherkessk<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Fine: 50,000 Roubles<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Court: Cherkessk City Court, Republic of Karachay-Cherkessiya<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Material: Large quantity of Jehovah’s Witness literature, including single copies of “Questions of Youth. Practical advice” and “What do you need to know about God and his purpose?”; some seized from prayer hall by prosecutor’s officials and Anti-Extremism Police; some from community members’ homes; tip-off from Cherkessk resident<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Confiscation\/destruction: Destruction<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Appeal: Unsuccessful \u2013 27 April 2015, Supreme Court of Karachay-Cherkessiya (see F18News 15 May 2015 http:\/\/www.forum18.org\/archive.php?article_id=2062).<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
76. 17 March<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Name: A.V. Volovikov<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Fine: 1,000 Roubles<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Court: Cherkessk City Court, Republic of Karachay-Cherkessiya<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Material: Jehovah’s Witness literature, same as above \u2013 seized from defendant’s home<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Confiscation\/destruction: Destruction<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Appeal: Partially successful, sent for re-examination \u2013 Supreme Court of Karachay-Cherkessiya (date unknown); re-trial on 13 May \u2013 convicted again, Cherkessk City Court; appeal submitted to Supreme Court of Karachay-Cherkessiya \u2013 outcome as yet unknown (see F18News 15 May 2015 http:\/\/www.forum18.org\/archive.php?article_id=2062).<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
77. 17 March<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Name: D.V. Metelin<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Fine: 1,000 Roubles<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Court: Cherkessk City Court, Republic of Karachay-Cherkessiya<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Material: Jehovah’s Witness literature, same as above \u2013 seized from defendant’s home<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Confiscation\/destruction: Destruction<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Appeal: Partially successful, sent for re-examination \u2013 Supreme Court of Karachay-Cherkessiya (date unknown); re-trial on 13 May \u2013 convicted again, Cherkessk City Court; appeal submitted to Supreme Court of Karachay-Cherkessiya \u2013 outcome unknown (see F18News 15 May 2015 http:\/\/www.forum18.org\/archive.php?article_id=2062).<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
78. 5 March<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Name: Anna Vilchinskaya, library director \u2013 charged as official person<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Fine: Unknown<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Court: Rybno-Slobodsky District Court, Tatarstan<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Material: Single copy of Islamic text “Pillars of Islam and Faith”, by Muhammad bin Jamil Zeno (banned by Pervomaysky District Court, Vladivostok), and 2 copies of “Stories from the Life of the Prophet of Allah”, Book 2 of the “Religious Narrative” series compiled by Abdel Hamid Dzhuda Al-Sahhar (banned by Lenin District Court, Orenburg, 21 March 2012); found by prosecutors and Anti-Extremism Police during search of library<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Confiscation\/destruction: Confiscation<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Appeal: None (see F18News 15 May 2015 http:\/\/www.forum18.org\/archive.php?article_id=2062).<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
79. 2 March<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Name: G.Sh. Aldarova<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Fine: 1,500 Roubles<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Court: Barda District Court, Perm Region<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Material: Islamic video “The Wonders of the Koran” uploaded onto social network profile and found by Anti-Extremism Police<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Confiscation\/destruction: Not applicable<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Appeal: None<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
80. 27 February<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Name: A.N. Nigamatullin<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Fine: 1,000 Roubles<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Court: Kunashak District Court, Chelyabinsk Region<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Material: Single copies of Islamic texts “Fortress of a Muslim” (3rd ed.) and “Constellation of the Righteous Caliphs” (both banned by Lenin District Court, Orenburg, 21 March 2012); found by FSB in search of defendant’s home<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Confiscation\/destruction: Destruction<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Appeal: None<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
81. 27 February<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Name: R.R. Kaziyev<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Fine: 1,000 Roubles<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Court: Kunashak District Court, Chelyabinsk Region<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Material: Islamic literature, including “Constellation of the Righteous Prophets” (banned by Lenin District Court, Orenburg, 21 March 2012); found by FSB in search of defendant’s home<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Confiscation\/destruction: Destruction\u00a0<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Appeal: None<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
82. 26 February<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Name: S.S. Khusutdinov<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Fine: 1,000 Roubles<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Court: Kunashak District Court, Chelyabinsk Region<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Material: Islamic literature including “Constellation of the Righteous Caliphs”, “Gardens of the Righteous”, and “The Way to the Koran” by Elmir Kuliyev (all banned by Lenin District Court, Orenburg, 21 March 2012); found by FSB in search of defendant’s home<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Confiscation\/destruction: Destruction<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Appeal: None<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
83. 26 February<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Name: I.D. Sultanov<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Fine: 1,000 Roubles<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Court: Kunashak District Court, Chelyabinsk Region, Judge N.G. Nuretdinova<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Material: Islamic text “Fortress of a Muslim” (banned by Lenin District Court, Orenburg, 21 March 2012); found by FSB in search of defendant’s home<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Confiscation\/destruction: Destruction<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Appeal: None<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
84. 25 February<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Name: I.A. Norvatov<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Fine: 1,000 Roubles<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Court: Kunashak District Court, Chelyabinsk Region<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Material: Islamic texts “Muhtasar Ilmihal [Concise Catechism], Introduction to Islam” (banned by Arsenyev City Court, Primorye, 24 December 2012) and “Proper behaviour and purification of the soul” by Abdul-Aziz al-Abdul Latif (banned by Sol-Iletsky District Court, Orenburg Region, 28 May 2012); found by FSB in search of defendant’s home<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Confiscation\/destruction: Destruction\u00a0<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Appeal: None<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
85. 24 February<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Name: Vasiliy Platon<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Fine: 1,500 Roubles<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Court: Tikhoretsk City Court, Krasnodar Region<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Material: Jehovah’s Witness literature including “How To Achieve Happiness” (banned by Central District Court, Barnaul, 10 July 2014) distributed in the street\u00a0<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Confiscation\/destruction: Destruction<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Appeal: None (see F18News 15 May 2015 http:\/\/www.forum18.org\/archive.php?article_id=2062).<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
86. 24 February<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Name: Vasiliy Platon<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Fine: 1,000 Roubles<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Court: Tikhoretsk City Court, Krasnodar Region<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Material: concurrent prosecution for second, similar incident; Jehovah’s Witness literature including “How To Achieve Happiness” (banned 10 July 2014 by Central District Court, Barnaul)<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Confiscation\/destruction: Destruction<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Appeal: None (see F18News 15 May 2015 http:\/\/www.forum18.org\/archive.php?article_id=2062).\u00a0<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
87. 3 February<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Name: Yu.T. Tursunkhuzhayev, imam<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Fine: 3,000 Roubles<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Court: Mirninsky District Court, Yakutia<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Material: Single copies of two editions of Islamic text “In the Light of the Holy Koran” (banned by Lenin District Court, Orenburg, 21 March 2012); found on shelves in Aikhal village mosque’s prayer hall<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Confiscation\/destruction: Confiscation<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Appeal: None<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
88. 28 January<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Name: Mehdi Nabulsi, Moroccan student<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Fine: 1,500 Roubles<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Court: Novgorod District Court, Novgorod Region<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Material: PDF copy of Islamic text “The Way to the Koran” by Elmir Kuliyev (banned by Lenin District Court, Orenburg, 21 March 2012); uploaded onto VKontakte profile page, found by FSB<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Confiscation\/destruction: Not applicable<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Appeal: None<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
89. 26 January<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Name: Pavel Zavitayev, head of education at Correction Colony No. 2, Sverdlovsk Region<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Fine: 2,000 Roubles<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Court: Verkh-Isetsky District Court, Yekaterinburg<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Material: Single copy of Islamic text “The Life of the Prophet Mohammed” by Ibn Hisham (banned by Lenin District Court, Orenburg, 21 March 2012); found in prison mosque during prosecutors’ inspection<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Confiscation\/destruction: Confiscation<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Appeal: None<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
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