Aleksandr Davydenko
Aleksandr Davydenko, born 1992, Krasnodar 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); “Aleksandr Davydenko's case”. Sentence (February 25, 2025): 4 years 2 months' imprisonment in a general regime colony, 1 year 8 months of restricted liberty. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since April 28, 2025; place of detention: Penal colony No. 9, Krasnodar Krai. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion.
In brief
Krasnodar Krai · Pavlovskaya · Extremism cases, Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses
Sentence
4 years 2 months
imprisonment in a general regime colony, 1 year 8 months of restricted liberty
Upheld April 28, 2025
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
Latest event
April 28, 2025 — appeal
The court upheld the verdict.
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
Timeline
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 4 years 2 months
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Persecution begins
Aleksandr Davydenko's case
Criminal case
Aleksandr Davydenko's case
- Case number
- 1-139/2024
Write a letter
Facility: Penal colony No. 9, Krasnodar Krai
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
352671, Краснодарский край, Апшеронский район, г. Хадыженск, ул. Грибоедова, д. 42, Хадыженск | ФКУ ИК-9 УФСИН России по Краснодарскому Краю, Давыденко Александр Михайлович, 1992 г.р.
Details and sources
Full summary
A resident of Krasnodar Krai. On 29 April 2020, his home was searched, and he was questioned as a witness; it is not known in connection with which case. In April 2023, he was added to the Rosfinmonitoring list (list of people who are working as or are involved with terrorists or extremists). On 18 April 2024, it was reported that he had been detained on charges of involvement in the activities of an extremist organization due to his association with the Jehovah's Witnesses community. Members of this community are prosecuted under extremist laws solely for religious activities: holding meetings, worship services, and recruiting new members. In November 2024, a website dedicated to the persecution of Jehovah's Witnesses reported that Davydenko was being held in a 10-bed cell with 14 other people. On 25 February 2025, Davydenko was sentenced to four years and two months in a general regime colony.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
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