Burkov Mikhail Ivanovich

Burkov Mikhail Ivanovich, born September 6, 1983, lives in the city of Tynda, Amur Oblast.

On charges of committing a crime under Part 1 of Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("Organisation of the activities of an extremist organisation") in connection with membership in a community of Jehovah's Witnesses, banned in Russia, he was sentenced to 6 years and 2 months in a general regime penal colony.

The appellate court overturned the guilty verdict, sending the case for a new trial. He was under a personal recognisance (an obligation not to leave the city) since November 17, 2019, in custody from October 25 to December 27, 2022, when he was again released on a personal recognisance. On June 23, 2023, he was sentenced to 6 years and 2 months in a general regime penal colony, taken into custody in the courtroom. On September 4, 2023, the appellate court upheld the verdict unchanged.