Anastasia Anufrieva
Anastasia Anufrieva, born 1983, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast. Charges: Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in the activities of an extremist organization); “The case of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Kstovo”. Status: imprisoned. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, July 16, 2024.
In brief
Nizhny Novgorod Oblast · Kstovo · Homemakers · Extremism cases, Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses
Sentence
No information about a verdict.
Charges
- Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Participation in the activities of an extremist organization
Full wording of the charges
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Latest event
August 16, 2024 — added to the rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, July 16, 2024
Timeline
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
· Persecution begins
The case of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Kstovo
· Preventive measure: placement in a temporary detention facility
Criminal case
The case of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Kstovo
Other defendants in the case
- Vladimir Anufriev — Imprisoned
- Andrei Miholap — Imprisoned
- Oksana Miholap — Imprisoned
- Viktor Chernobayev — Imprisoned
- Alena Chernobaeva — Imprisoned
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Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
607683, Нижегородская область, Кстовский р-н, поселок Дружный, ФКУ СИЗО-2 УФСИН России по Нижегородской области ("Дружный"), Ануфриева Анастасия Владимировна, 1983 г.р.
Details and sources
Full summary
Detained in Akhtubinsk (Astrakhan Oblast) on 2 July 2024 together with her husband as part of a case of extremist organisation activity in connection with her involvement with the Jehovah's Witnesses community in Kstovo (Nizhny Novgorod Oblast). Representatives of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely for religious activities: meetings, joint worship services, and attracting new supporters. She was taken to Kstovo, after which she was taken into custody.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.