Case of Skvortsov and others in Taganrog Vladimir Moiseyenko

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Case of Skvortsov and others in Taganrog

Vladimir Moiseyenko

Updated: November 29, 2023


Name: Moiseyenko, Vladimir Pavlovich

Date of Birth: October 7, 1970

Current status: convicted person

Article of the Russian Criminal Code: 282.2 (1)

Time spent in prison: 398 days in detention center, 99 days in prison

Sentence: punishment of 6 years of imprisonment in a general regime correctional colony, with deprivation of the right to engage in activities related to leadership and participation in the work of public and religious organizations for a period of 2 years, with restriction of freedom for a period of 1 year

Currently held in: Penal Colony No. 3 in Ulyanovsk Region

Address for correspondence: Moiseyenko Vladimir Pavlovich, born 1970, IK No. 3 in Ulyanovsk Region, ul. Osipenko, 22, g. Dimitrovgrad, Ulyanovsk Region, Russia, 433510

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


Note: letters cannot discuss topics related to criminal prosecution; letters in languages other than Russian are not allowed.


Biography


Friends speak of Vladimir Moiseyenko as of a kind, attentive, deeply religious person, always ready to help. Nevertheless, he had to face persecution for his beliefs twice: in 2011 (later the conviction was appealed to the European Court of Human Rights) and in 2021. Does Vladimir's life story confirm his "extremist" inclinations revealed by the court?


Vladimir Moiseyenko was born in October 1970 in Taganrog, Rostov region. He was the only child in the family. His parents are no longer alive. In his youth, Vladimir was seriously involved in football, participated in competitions. As he grew older, he fell in love with playing billiards.


After school, Vladimir studied at a vocational school as an adjuster of automatic lines. In subsequent years, he worked as a machine operator, welder, site foreman, and also worked in the construction industry. Colleagues describe him as a responsible, hardworking, restrained and reliable person.


Vladimir became a Jehovah's Witness in 2009. Prior to this, he had been in search of the truth for a long time, and when he began to study the Bible with Jehovah's Witnesses, he was impressed by the power and wisdom of God with which he exercised his authority. Vladimir was also attracted by the love that Jehovah's Witnesses showed him, as well as their worthy behavior.


Vladimir has a daughter and a granddaughter. Friends and family are shocked that this peaceful, kind and decent man was sent to jail only because of his faith in God.


Brief history of the case


Alexander Skvortsov is one of those convicted in the high-profile “ Case of 16. ” Soon after the believer fully served his sentence, security forces conducted a search in his house. Six months later, in December 2021, searches were already carried out on 30 residents of Taganrog. Alexander was taken away for interrogation and arrested. In March 2022, Valery Tibiy also became a defendant in a criminal case. He was sent to jail despite his serious illness. The third person involved in the case, Vladimir Moiseenko, ended up in a pre-trial detention center in July of the same year. Investigators accused all three of organizing the activities of an extremist organization. The case came to court in November 2022. During the hearings, it turned out that the FSB had been monitoring them since 2016, and an embedded agent was recording conversations about the Bible with believers. In June 2023, Skvortsov and Moiseenko were sentenced to 7 and 6 years in prison, respectively, and Tibiya was sentenced to 6 years probation. The appeal upheld this decision.


Criminal case


Region:

Rostov Region

Locality:

Taganrog

What is suspected:

“organized the activities of the religious organization LRO Jehovah’s Witnesses Taganrog, which was recognized as extremist and liquidated” back in 2009.

Criminal case number:

12102600017000087

Initiated:

December 7, 2021

Current stage of the case:

verdict took effect

Investigates:

Investigative Department for the city of Taganrog of the Investigative Directorate of the Russian Federation for the Rostov Region

Articles of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation:

282.2 (1)

Court case number:

1-43/2023 (1-829/2022)

Court of First Instance:

Taganrog City Court of the Rostov Region

Judge of the trial court:

Georgy Serebryanikov

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