Zyablov Yevgeniy

Name: Zyablov Yevgeniy Anatolyevich
Date of Birth: March 9, 1977
Current status: convicted person
Articles of Criminal Code of Russian Federation: 282.3 (1), 282.2 (2)
Time spent in prison: 2 day in a temporary detention facility, 126 day in a pre-trial detention, 173 day Under house arrest
Current restrictions: suspended sentence
Sentence: punishment in the form of 5 years of imprisonment, with deprivation of the right to engage in activities related to participation in the work of public religious organizations and associations for a term of 4 years, with restriction of liberty for a term of 1 year, a sentence of imprisonment shall be considered suspended with a probationary period of 4 years

Biography

Yevgeny Zyablov ended up in jail in 2018 because of his faith. For several years he was forced to fight for his right to freedom of religion in court.

Yevgeny was born in March 1977 in Magadan. Since childhood, he loves sports - he was engaged in skiing, wrestling and bodybuilding. He has many awards and certificates for sports achievements. His hobby is going to the gym.

After school, Yevgeniy received the profession of an auto mechanic. He works as a driver in an orphanage.

Since childhood, Eugene thought about the life of death, dreaming that mom and dad always remained young and did not die. So when he began to study the Bible, he was impressed by the teaching that heaven would be on earth and no one would die. Eugene began his active spiritual quest after serving in the army, when he consciously came to faith in the Creator. In 2004, he embarked on the Christian path.

In 2017, Yevgeniy married Anna, whom he had known for more than ten years. During the criminal prosecution, they had a son with special needs. Yevgeniy also has an adult daughter, with whom he maintains a warm relationship, despite the fact that she does not share his religious views.

Yevgeny's relatives, friends and employees at work are shocked by the criminal prosecution, because they know him only from the positive side and do not understand how a person can be judged for reading the Bible.

Case History

After a series of searches in Magadan in May 2018, Konstantin Petrov, Yevgeniy Zyablov and Sergey Yerkin were placed in a pretrial detention center. On the same day in Khabarovsk, the home of Ivan Puyda was searched. He was arrested and taken 1,600 km to a pretrial detention center in Magadan. The believers spent 2 to 4 months behind bars, and then ended up under house arrest. In March 2019, the FSB conducted another series of searches. The number of defendants in the case has reached 13, including 6 women and elderly. The investigator deemed holding peaceful meetings for worship as organizing, participating in and financing the activity of an extremist organization. In almost 4 years of investigation, the case materials against the 13 believers has grown to 66 volumes. The case went to court in March 2022. At the hearings, it became clear that the case was based on the testimony of a secret witness – an FSB informant who made covert recordings of peaceful meetings for worship. In March 2024, the believers were given suspended sentences ranging from 3 to 7 years, and the court of appeal later upheld this verdict.
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