Rumyantsev Aleksandr

Updated: May 1, 2024
Name: Rumyantsev Aleksandr Vyacheslavovich
Date of Birth: March 23, 1977
Current status: convicted person
Articles of Criminal Code of Russian Federation: 282.2 (1)
Time spent in prison: 2 day in a temporary detention facility, 979 day in a pre-trial detention
Current restrictions: Detention center
Sentence: punishment in the form of imprisonment for a term of 7 years 6 months with serving the sentence in a correctional colony of general regime
Currently held in: Detention Center No. 2 in Moscow
Address for correspondence: Sviridov Eduard Vyacheslavovich, born 1964, SIZO No. 2 in Moscow, ul. Novoslobodskaya, 45, Moscow, Russia, 127055

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Biography

Peaceful Muscovite Alexander Rumyantsev became another victim of criminal prosecution for his belief in Jehovah God. In August 2021, the apartment where he lives with his mother, a disabled person of group II, was searched, after which the believer was sent to jail.

Alexander was born in March 1977 in Moscow, where he still lives. He has an elder brother. Their mother is retired, their father is no longer alive.

Aleksandr worked as a collector, and recently, before his arrest, as a personal driver for the head of a large construction company. According to the boss, Rumyantsev "during his work proved to be a responsible and conscientious worker. In the team, he is tactful, polite and attentive, enjoys the well-deserved respect of all employees of the company.

Alexander leads an active lifestyle: he goes hiking, is fond of mountain tourism, rides a bicycle. He also likes to collect ship models.

When Alexander began to read the Bible, he wanted to better understand the Bible's teachings. In July 2006, he consciously embarked on the Christian path.

Relatives and friends know Alexander as a kind, sympathetic and generous person, always ready to help. They wonder why their son, brother and friend, who tries to lead a highly moral lifestyle, is persecuted for his faith in God and considered an extremist.

Case History

In August 2021, three Jehovah’s Witnesses, Eduard Sviridov, Sean Pike, and Aleksandr Rumyantsev, were arrested after searches in Moscow’s Teply Stan district. Because of their religion, they were accused of organizing the activities of an extremist organization. The believers were placed in a pre-trial detention center, where they spent 2 years and 4 months. In the first days of his imprisonment, the father of two, Sean Pike, a RUDN University graduate from Guyana, was placed in an overcrowded cell and forced to sleep on the floor. In October 2021, Pike had the coronavirus. The case went to court in November 2022. The accusation was based on hidden audio recordings made in Sviridov’s home. After 13 months, the case ended in a guilty verdict. The court sent the believers to a penal colony: Aleksandr Rumyantsev for 7.5 years, Sean Pike for 7 years, and Eduard Sviridov for 6.5 years.
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