Name: Shcherbich Aleksey Gennadiyevich
Date of Birth: April 25, 1972
Current status: defendant
Articles of Criminal Code of Russian Federation: 282.2 (1), 282.3 (1)
Time spent in prison: 2 day in a temporary detention facility, 155 day in a pre-trial detention
Current restrictions: detention center
Currently held in: Detention Center No.2 for Stavropol Territory
Address for correspondence: Shcherbich Aleksey Gennadiyevich, born 1972, Detention Center No.2 for Stavropol Territory, Ul. Teplosernaya, 123, Pyatigorsk, Stavropol Territory, 357500

Letters of support can be sent by regular mail or through the «zonatelecom».

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

Biography

Aleksey Shcherbich was born in April 1972 in the Belarusian city of Bobruisk. When he was 7, his parents divorced. Now the father is no longer alive, and the mother is retired.

As a child, Aleksey attended a circle of radio amateurs, was professionally engaged in swimming, loved to fish and go for mushrooms and berries. He also liked to gather medicinal herbs with his grandfather.

After school, Aleksey entered the Leningrad Higher Artillery Command School, but did not graduate from it. Until 1995, he served in the army, and then mastered the profession of a finisher. He lived in different places: in the city of Oschatz (Germany), the village of Luostari in the Murmansk region, St. Petersburg and the city of Neftekumsk in the Stavropol Territory.

Aleksey met his future wife Nataliya in 1992, when both were still students. They got married in 1994. Nataliya worked as a manicure master for several years. She loves to cook; She enjoys receiving guests. Nataliya supports her husband in everything, including his hobbies: they go hiking together, fishing, relax with friends in nature. In addition, Nataliya draws from time to time, and Aleksey is engaged in winemaking.

The Shcherbich family began to get acquainted with the Bible in 2000, studying this book with Jehovah's Witnesses. The couple were baptized in 2003. Aleksey was prompted to do this by the biblical promise that God would establish real justice on earth. Nataliya was touched by the Bible's promise of a wonderful future without wars, suffering and violence.

The criminal prosecution of Aleksey affected the health of both spouses. Nataliya is not yet able to work. Relatives worry about Shcherbych and try to provide all possible assistance.

Case History

In December 2018, the FSB in the Stavropol Territory opened a criminal case on charges of organizing the activity of an extremist organization against four Jehovah’s Witnesses. Among them was Aleksey Shcherbich. In 2020, the man was also accused of financing the activities of an extremist organization, his case was separated into a separate proceeding. In June 2024, Shcherbich was detained and placed in a pre-trial detention center.
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