Nikolay Aliyev
Nikolay Aliyev, born 1978, Khabarovsk Krai. Charges: Article 282.2 part 1.1, Russian Criminal Code (Involvement of a person in the activities of an extremist organization); Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in the activities of an extremist organization); “The case of Nikolai Aliyev”. Sentence (June 3, 2021): Four years six months' suspended sentence, one year two months' restriction of liberty. Status: at large. Recognition: Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners — recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion, October 29, 2020; Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion.
In brief
Khabarovsk Krai · Komsomolsk-on-Amur · Electricians · Extremism cases, Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses
Sentence
4 years 6 months
Four years six months' suspended sentence, one year two months' restriction of liberty
Upheld January 23, 2022
Charges
- Article 282.2 part 1.1, Russian Criminal Code — Involvement of a person in the activities of an extremist organization
- Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Participation in the activities of an extremist organization
Full wording of the charges
participated in the activities of an extremist organization, recruiting new members
Latest event
February 25, 2026 — persecution ends
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion — Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners, October 29, 2020
- Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial Human Rights Centre
Timeline
· Persecution ends
· Cassation ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 4 years 6 months
· Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion
Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners
· Persecution begins
The case of Nikolai Aliyev
Criminal case
The case of Nikolai Aliyev
Details and sources
Full summary
On May 22, 2020 Aliyev's home was searched, and then he was questioned by the Investigative Committee together with his wife and brother. The operatives advised his wife to cooperate with the investigators so that "something would not happen to her husband". Later it became known that Aliyev was accused of participating in the activities of an extremist organization and involving others in such activities.
On 4 June 2021, he was sentenced to four and a half years suspended sentence.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 282.2 part 1.1, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.