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The last word of the defendant Konstantin Guzev in Birobidzhan

February 17, 2021 Jewish Autonomous Area Final statement In the courtroom

"If you remove the words 'illegal' and 'extremist' from the charges, then a story about how I believe in God will come out." According to the speech of Konstantin Guzev with the last word, the court could judge his attitude to the act imputed to him.

Guzev Konstantin

main sentence served

Region:

Jewish Autonomous Area

Locality:

Birobidzhan

Suspected of:

according to the investigation he together with others conducted religious services, which is interpreted as “organising the activity of an extremist organisation” (with reference to the decision of the Russian Supreme Court on the liquidation of all 396 registered organisations of Jehovah’s Witnesses)

Court case number:

11907990001000008

Initiated:

July 29, 2019

Current case stage:

the verdict entered into force

Investigating:

Investigative Department of the FSB Directorate of Russia for the Jewish Autonomous Region

Articles of Criminal Code of Russian Federation:

282.2 (2)

Court case number:

1-12/2021 (1-49/2020; 1-625/2019)

Court:

Birobidzhanskiy District Court of the Jewish Autonomous Region

Judge:

Aleksey Ivashchenko

Case History

The last word of the defendant Konstantin Guzev in Birobidzhan February 17, 2021