Polozov Aleksandr

Name: Polozov Aleksandr Aleksandrovich
Date of Birth: June 5, 1970
Current status: convicted person
Articles of Criminal Code of Russian Federation: 282.2 (1)
Time spent in prison: 89 day in a pre-trial detention
Current restrictions: suspended sentence
Sentence: punishment in the form of 6 years of imprisonment with deprivation of the right to engage in organizational activities in public and religious associations, public and religious organizations for a term of 3 years, with restriction of liberty for a term of 1 year, a sentence of imprisonment shall be considered suspended with a probationary period of 3 years

Biography

After two groups of special forces surrounded the camp site in Norilsk (Krasnoyarsk Territory) on October 20, 2019 and blocked more than 50 believers, searches and interrogations began. 49-year-old Alexander Polozov ended up in a pre-trial detention center. What do we know about this man?

Alexander was born in 1970 in the city of Torzhok (Tver region). He has a younger sister.The family moved to live in Norilsk when he was two years old. In his youth, he was seriously engaged in hockey, swimming and boxing.

After school, he graduated from a vocational school, where he received the specialty of an electrician. In recent years, he worked as a rescuer in the gas rescue service of Norilsk. Back in the 1990s, he decided to live according to the biblical commandments, becoming seriously interested in Christianity. Since 1998 he has been married to Svetlana. The couple love to ride and travel together.

Aleksandr's health failed him on the ill-fated day of his arrest - it was on October 24, 2019 that he went to the doctor complaining of high fever and blood pressure problems, in connection with which he received a sick leave. Despite the above symptoms, he was taken to a pre-trial detention center, where only a week later he was able to transfer the medicines he needed. Alexander's mother is painfully experiencing the arrest of her son, she often has to call an ambulance.

Case History

In October 2019, special forces surrounded a camp site in Norilsk, where about 50 friends were spending time together. Some of them were interrogated. The Investigative Committee initiated a criminal case against Stepan Shevelev and Aleksandr Polozov, charging the believers with organizing the activity of a banned organization. Their homes were searched. Polozov was arrested and sent to a pretrial detention center for 90 days, after which he was placed under a recognizance agreement. The same preventive measure was imposed on Shevelev. In June 2021, the believers’ case went to court. The prosecutor requested a 6-year suspended sentence. The judge returned the case of Polozov and Shevelev to the prosecutor, having found no corpus delicti in their actions. In July 2022, the Krasnoyarsk Regional Court upheld this decision. However, in May 2023, the case went back to court. This time, the prosecutor requested 6 years in a penal colony for the believers. In December 2023, the court gave Polozov and Shevelev a 6-year suspended sentence.
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