Nikita Moiseyev

Name: Moiseyev Nikita Valeriyevich

Date of Birth: March 26, 1990

Current status: convicted person

Articles of Criminal Code of Russian Federation: 282.2 (1)

Time spent in prison: 1 day in a temporary detention facility, 893 day in a pre-trial detention, 701 day in prison

Sentence: punishment in the form of 7 years of imprisonment with serving in a correctional colony of general regime, with deprivation of the right to engage in organizational activities in public and religious associations and organizations, for a period of 5 years, with restriction of liberty for a period of 1 year

Currently held in: Correctional Colony No. 3 of the Ulyanovsk Region

Address for correspondence: Moiseyev Nikita Valeriyevich, born 1990, Correctional Colony No. 3 of the Ulyanovsk Region, ul. Ostapenko, 22, Dimitrovgrad, Ulyanovsk Region, 433510

Letters of support can be sent by regular mail or through the «FSIN-letter system». To pay for service with the card of a foreign bank use Prisonmail.

Parcels and parcels should not be sent because of the limit on their number per year.

Note: discussing topics related to criminal prosecution is not allowed in letters; languages other than Russian will not pass.

Biography

Nikita Moiseyev, a resident of Kamensk-Shakhtinsky, a repairman of washing machines and refrigerators, has gained a reputation among others, including neighbors and customers, as a kind, calm, sympathetic person. The sudden criminal prosecution of the young man for his faith caused them great bewilderment.

Nikita was born in 1990 in the village of Dinskaya, Krasnodar Territory. As a child, he was fond of football and playing musical instruments, especially the guitar. Having received a secondary technical education, he worked for some time as an electrician, and was also engaged in the construction of frame houses.

At a young age, Nikita began to study the Bible and made a conscious decision to worship God. In 2010, he opted for alternative civilian service instead of military service. The believer was sent to Gelendzhik, where he worked for two years as an electrician in a children's sanatorium. Later he moved to the city of Kamensk-Shakhtinsky.

One of Nikita's relatives, who did not share his religious views, was agitated and dejected by what had happened and provided him with all possible support. Nikita's clients did the same.

Case History

In August 2020 the security forces conducted searches in the homes of residents of Gukovo. The Investigative Committee initiated a criminal case against Aleksey Dyadkin, Vladimir Popov, Yevgeniy Razumov, Aleksey Goreliy, Nikita Moiseyev and Oleg Shidlovskiy. These peaceful believers were accused of organizing the activities of an extremist organization. The men’s crime, according to the investigators, is that they “prayed and sang songs to Jehovah God.” Since August 2020 all six have been in pre-trial. As it later became known, an infiltrated FSB agent had been watching the believers for a long time. In November of 2021 the case went to trial. The testimonies of interviewed religious scholars confirmed that these men were tried only for their peaceful religious activities. In September 2022 the court sentenced Goreliy and Shidlovskiy to six-and-a-half years in a general penal colony, while the rest of the believers were sentenced to seven years. In January of 2023 the appeal court approved the verdict, and then six months later the cassational court upheld it.

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