Daria Dulova
Daria Dulova, born 2000, Sverdlovsk Oblast. Charges: Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in the activities of an extremist organization); “Daria Dulova's case”. Sentence (January 26, 2020): a suspended sentence of one year. Status: at large. Recognition: Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners — recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion, January 8, 2020; Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion, September 22, 2019.
In brief
Sverdlovsk Oblast · Karpinsk, Krasnoturyinsk · Students · Extremism cases, Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses
Sentence
1 year
a suspended sentence of one year
Upheld July 14, 2021
Charges
- Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Participation in the activities of an extremist organization
- Article 282.2 part 1.1, Russian Criminal Code — Involvement of a person in the activities of an extremist organization
Full wording of the charges
She conspired with her mother and an acquaintance to continue the activities of the forbidden community, exerting “psychological influence on society”.
Latest event
January 21, 2026 — persecution ends
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion — Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners, January 8, 2020
- Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial Human Rights Centre, September 22, 2019
Timeline
· Persecution ends
· Persecution ends
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict
· Criminal case opened
The second case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Karpinsk
· Preventive measure: travel ban (written undertaking)
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 1 year
· Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion
Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners
· Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion
Memorial Human Rights Centre
· Persecution begins
Daria Dulova's case
Criminal case
The second case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Karpinsk
- Case number
- 1-11/2021 (1-184/2020;)
Other defendants in the case
- Venera Dulova — At large
- Ruslan Zaliaev — At large
- Svetlana Zaliaeva — At large
- Alexandr Prianikov — At large
- Anastasia Prianikova — At large
Thematic group: The second case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Karpinsk
Daria Dulova's case
Thematic group: The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Karpinsk
Details and sources
Full summary
On 30 May 2019, a criminal case was opened against Dulova for participation in the activities of an extremist organisation. On 30 July she was charged, the case was merged with the case of Aleksander Prianikov and her mother Venera Dulova. She was taken into custody.
On 27 January 2020, she was sentenced to a year of probation. On 6 August, the court of appeal sent the case for a new hearing. On 15 May 2021, again sentenced to a year of probation. On 15 March 2022, the appeal court overturned the verdict, finding Dulova not guilty. On 14 March 2023, the Supreme Court overturned this decision, returning the case to the appeal court. On 6 July, the appeal court again cancelled the verdict, sending the case back to the prosecutor's office. On 8 November, the court of cassation returned the case to the court of appeal. On 8 February 2024, the appeal court terminated Dulova's prosecution due to the expiry of the statute of limitations, as she was a minor at the time of the "crime".
On 30 March 2020, a search was conducted at Dulova’s home. She is also a suspect in another case concerning involvement in the activities of an extremist organisation. An undertaking not to leave was imposed on her. On 9 August 2023, the court sent the case back to the prosecutor’s office. In March 2025, the investigation discontinued the case.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
- Persecution episodes
- 2
Other people prosecuted under Article 282.2 part 1.1, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.