All assessments of the criminal prosecution of specific individuals, including the designation of detained persons as political prisoners, reflect the position of our Project. Such assessments are not based on the views and assessments of the individuals being prosecuted, their families, friends or lawyers, and do not imply their consent or approval. The information regarding the facts of specific criminal cases published on our Project’s website has been obtained from public sources and does not imply or require the consent of the individuals mentioned therein or their representatives.

Kazadaev Pavel Alekseevich

Date of birth: September 30, 1996 (29 years old)
Article of the Criminal Code:  282.2 ч. 2
Form of repression:  deprivation of liberty
Pursuit stage:  currently serving a sentence
Sentence:  3 года лишения свободы в колонии общего режима, 6 месяцев ограничения свободы
Date of sentencing:  May 26, 2023
Current location:  Penal Colony No. 5, Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia for Altai Krai

Kazadaev Pavel Alekseevich, born September 30, 1996, lives in Novokuznetsk.

On charges of committing a crime under Part 2 of Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("Participation in the activities of an extremist organisation") in connection with membership in a community of Jehovah's Witnesses banned in Russia, he was sentenced to 3 years of suspended imprisonment. The appellate court increased the sentence to 3 years of imprisonment in a general regime penal colony.

He was under a personal recognisance (a written undertaking not to leave the city) from May 28, 2021 until August 18, 2023, when he was taken into custody.