Nikolay Dikhtyar
Nikolay Dikhtyar, born 1954, Primorsky Krai. Charges: Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in the activities of an extremist organization); “The case of Yuri Ponomarenko, Nikolai Dikhtyar, Oleg Sergeyev and Andrey Lyakhov”. Sentence (July 4, 2024): 2 years 5 months of suspended deprivation of liberty, 1 year of restriction of liberty. Status: at large. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion, April 14, 2022.
In brief
Primorsky Krai · Luchegorsk settlement · Pensioners · Extremism cases, Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses
Sentence
2 years 5 months
of suspended deprivation of liberty, 1 year of restriction of liberty
First instance, May 2, 2024: 2 years 6 months
Charges
- 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 organisation
Latest event
July 4, 2024 — appeal
The court changed the sentence to 2 years 5 months.
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, April 14, 2022
Timeline
· Appeal ruling
sentence changed · 2 years 5 months
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 2 years 6 months
· Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
· Persecution begins
The case of Yuri Ponomarenko, Nikolai Dikhtyar, Oleg Sergeyev and Andrey Lyakhov
· Preventive measure: travel ban (written undertaking)
Criminal case
The case of Yuri Ponomarenko, Nikolai Dikhtyar, Oleg Sergeyev and Andrey Lyakhov
Other defendants in the case
- Andrey Lyakhov — At large, 2 years 7 months
- Yuri Ponomarenko — At large, 6 years 5 months
- Oleg Sergeyev — At large, 6 years 3 months
Thematic group: The second case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Luchegorsk
Details and sources
Full summary
In March 2022, it became known that a criminal case was opened against Dikhtyar for participation in the activities of an extremist organisation. A measure of restraint was elected in the form of a signature not to leave. On 2 May 2024, he was sentenced to two and a half years' suspended sentence. On 4 July 2024, the court of appeal reduced the sentence by a month.
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.