Personal Information
- Birth date
- 31 июл. 1988 г. (37 years old)
- Special circumstances
- religious figure, Christian, believer
- Notes
- assistant to the excommunicated former schema-archimandrite Sergius (Nikolai Romanov), icon painter, Orthodox activist, and YouTube blogger; in his early years - right-wing radical nationalist
Moguchev Vsevolod Vyacheslavovich
Case Information
- Region of case initiation:
- Moscow, Sverdlovsk Oblast
- Detention date:
- 1 сент. 2021 г.
- Charges:
- Article 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, Part 2, Paragraph b
- Sentence:
- 5 years general regime
- Estimated release date:
- 29 авг. 2025 г.
- Case categories:
- Religious persecution, Freedom of speech
- Rosfinmonitoring status:
- Added 30 апр. 2026 г.
Case Description
On September 1, 2021, a criminal case was initiated in Moscow for inciting hatred or enmity by an organized group against Nikolai Romanov - the excommunicated monk and former hegumen of the Yekaterinburg diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church, Sergei, and his associate, press secretary Vsevolod Moguchev. The reason for the criminal prosecution was a video of a speech by the former hegumen, in which, according to the investigation, he used anti-Semitic expressions that incite hatred or enmity by an organized group against Jews, Judaists, Catholics, and Muslims. In order to record and distribute such videos, the former schema-abbot Sergei allegedly created an organized group, which included unidentified persons. On January 27, 2023, the Babushkinsky District Court of Moscow found the defendants guilty and sentenced Nikolai Romanov to 7 years of imprisonment and Vsevolod Moguchev to 5 years in a general regime colony. September 7, 2023, the Moscow City Court upheld the verdict.
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