“Some People May Dislike Preaching, But I Never Acted Out of Hatred.” The Last Word of Sergey Klimov at the Trial in Tomsk - <var>News</var>

12 November 2019

Tomsk Region

Photo: Sergey Klimov

What did Sergey Klimov say on November 5, 2019, when the Oktyabrsky District Court of Tomsk sentenced him to six years in a penal colony for believing in Jehovah God? The full text of his last word in Russian is given below.

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Case of Klimov in Tomsk

Region:

Tomsk Region

Locality:

Tomsk

Case number:

11802690013000085

Number of the case in court:

1-417/19

Current stage:

verdict took effect

Suspected of:

according to the investigation, together with others he conducted religious services, which is interpreted as “organising the activity of an extremist organisation” (with reference to the decision of the Russian Supreme Court on the liquidation of all 396 registered organisations of Jehovah’s Witnesses)

Article of the Russian Criminal Code:

282.2 (1)

Investigating:

Investigative Directorate of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for the Tomsk Region

Case initiated:

3 June 2018

Number of the case in court:

1-417/2019

`Persons in the case`

`Sergey` `Klimov`

`Timeline`

04.08.2017	Задолго до возбуждения уголовного дела судья Томского областного суда Андрей Гончаров разрешает центру «Э» проводить в отношении Сергея Климова оперативно-разыскные мероприятия: прослушивание телефонных переговоров и снятие информации с технических каналов связи.
Август 2017 — май 2018	Оперативники устанавливают, что верующие время от времени встречаются, чтобы молиться и обсуждать библейские темы.
25.10.2017 — 08.05.2018	Проводится слежка и негласная аудиозапись разговоров Климова и его знакомых.

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