In the photo: The family meets Gennadiy Shpakovsky at the exit from the pre-trial detention center

In the photo: The family meets Gennadiy Shpakovsky at the exit from the pre-trial detention center

In the photo: The family meets Gennadiy Shpakovsky at the exit from the pre-trial detention center

Unjust Verdicts

The Pskov Regional Court replaced Gennadiy Shpakovskiy's prison sentence with a suspended sentence. The believer has already been released.

Pskov Region

On August, 3, 2020, the appeal court commuted the sentence imposed on a 61-year-old believer by the Pskov City Court, replacing 6.5 years of imprisonment with a suspended sentence. A few hours after the verdict was pronounced, Gennady was released from the pre-trial detention center.

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Case of Shpakovskiy in Pskov

Case History
Since the beginning of 2018, 60-year-old Gennady Shpakovsky has been under surveillance. In the summer of the same year, the Investigative Department of the FSB Directorate for the Pskov Region opened a criminal case against a peaceful believer. In June, the Pskov FSB, with the support of the armed National Guard, conducted a series of searches of local believers, including Gennady. He was accused of organizing and financing extremist activities. After 2 years of investigations and trials, the judge of the Pskov City Court, Galina Belik, sentenced Shpakovsky to 6.5 years in prison, although there were no victims in the case. One of the prosecution witnesses appealed to the judge with a request: “Please do not punish him severely, because he is not guilty of anything!” On August 3, 2020, the Court of Appeal replaced the prison term with a suspended sentence.
Timeline

Persons in case

Shpakovskiy
Gennadiy

Criminal case

Region:
Pskov Region
Locality:
Pskov
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 to liquidate all 396 registered organisations Jehovah’s Witnesses).
Court case number:
11807580001000027
Initiated:
May 31, 2018
Current case stage:
The verdict entered into force
Investigating:
Investigative Department of the Directorate of the FSB for the Pskov Region
Articles of Criminal Code of Russian Federation:
282.2 (1), 282.3 (1)
Court case number:
1-573/2019
Court:
Псковский городской суд Псковской области
Case History