In New Moscow, a foreign citizen was fined for “illegal missionary work”

On June 18, 2024, the Troitsky District Court of Moscow fined foreign citizen Abdukodir Abdukhalilov administratively for “illegal missionary work.”

The court found him guilty under Part 5 of Article 5.26 of the Code of Administrative Offences (carrying out missionary activity in violation of the requirements of the legislation on freedom of conscience, freedom of religion and religious associations) and sentenced him to a fine. The amount of the fine was not specified.

According to the court, from May 31, 2024 to June 2, 2024, Abdukhalilov, while in the temporary detention center for foreign citizens, “carried out religious missionary activity <…>, in the absence of the appropriate authority to conduct a religious ceremony.”

Sources

• Case card No. 05-1488/2024 // Official portal of the courts of general jurisdiction of the city of Moscow. 2024. June.