Aleksei Dmitriev
Aleksei Dmitriev, born 1967, Adygea. Charges: Article 282.2 part 1.1, Russian Criminal Code (Involvement of a person in the activities of an extremist organization); “The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Adygeysk”. Sentence (December 22, 2025): 4 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony. Status: imprisoned. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion.
In brief
Adygea · NULL · Entrepreneurs · Extremism cases, Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses
Sentence
4 years
imprisonment in a general regime colony
No information about an appeal ruling.
Charges
- Article 282.2 part 1.1, Russian Criminal Code — Involvement of a person in the activities of an extremist organization
Latest event
December 22, 2025 — first-instance verdict
The court delivered a guilty verdict: 4 years.
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
Timeline
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 4 years
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Republic of Adygea
· Persecution begins
The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Adygeysk
· Preventive measure: placement in a temporary detention facility
Criminal case
The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Adygeysk
Other defendants in the case
- Yurii Sergeechev — At large, 4 years
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Full summary
Resident of Adygeysk. On 29 April 2025, a search took place at his home. He was detained and interrogated, and the next day was sent into custody due to his involvement in the activities of the Jehovah's Witnesses community. Representatives of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely because of their religious activities - holding meetings and worship services and recruiting new supporters. On 22 December 2025 Dmitriev was sentenced to four years in a general regime colony.
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.