Name: Mavrin Vladimir Aleksandrovich
Date of Birth: July 9, 1962
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, 304 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 lead public organizations for a term of 5 years, with restriction of liberty for a term of 1 year, punishment in the form of imprisonment shall be considered conditional with a probationary period of 4 years
Currently held in: Detention Center No. 1 in Saratov Region
Address for correspondence: Mavrin Vladimir Aleksandrovich, born 1962, SIZO No. 1 in Saratov Region, ul. Kutyakova, 105, Saratov, Russia, 410012

Biography

On a March evening in 2022, law enforcement officers unexpectedly invaded the house of a peaceful believer, Vladimir Mavrin, and his wife. He learned that he was accused of organizing the activities of an extremist organization. After the search, Vladimir was taken for interrogation and soon placed in a pre-trial detention center.

Vladimir was born in July 1962 in the village of Kamyshovka, Saratov Region, on the left bank of the Alai River. He has two sisters. As a child, Vladimir was a versatile person: he was fond of football, hockey and loved to play the accordion and the guitar. He cultivated cheerful attitude since early childhood.

After school, Vladimir graduated from the Volsk Technological College and received the profession of mechanical technician. He worked as a technician at an Industrial rubber car parts plant. Most recently he worked in the field of construction and interior finishing works.

In 2004, Vladimir became a widower, and he had to raise his teenage son alone. Nine years later, Vladimir got married again. His wife, Irina, worked as an accountant and is now retired. The couple loves to spend time together and travel. Vladimir is keen on fishing, and Irina plants flowers at home.

In 1994, Vladimir became a Jehovah's Witness. His wife shares Vladimir's religious beliefs.

Vladimir is known as a kind and sympathetic person, ready to help in times of need. Therefore, relatives and friends consider the criminal prosecution of a believer to be unfair and illegal.

Case History

In 2021, the residents of the city of Balakovo were under surveillance, their conversations were recorded. Considering peaceful discussions of the Bible to be extremism, the FSB initiated a criminal case and received permission to search the homes of the believers. A month later, security forces invaded eight homes of Jehovah’s Witnesses. Aleksey Bogatov, Vladimir Mavrin, Yevgeniy Fomashin, Andrey Murych and Sergey Tyurin were placed in a temporary holding facility after interrogations held at night. Two days later, they were transfered to a pretrial detention center 170 km from home. They spent 10 months in custody. In January 2023, the court ruled to change the preventive measure against the believers to a ban on certain actions. In November 2023, the district court announced the verdict: Aleksey Bogatov and Vladimir Mavrin a 6-yesr suspended sentence; Andrey Murych, Sergey Tyurin and Yevgeniy Fomashin fined 300,000 rubles.