Sergei Dvurechenskii
Sergei Dvurechenskii, born 1975, Krasnodar Krai. Charges: Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in the activities of an extremist organization); “Sergei Dvurechenskii's case”. Sentence (December 9, 2025): 2 years' imprisonment, suspended, with a probation period of 2 years and restriction of liberty for 6 months. Status: at large. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion.
In brief
Krasnodar Krai · NULL · Construction workers · Extremism cases, Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses
Sentence
2 years
imprisonment, suspended, with a probation period of 2 years and restriction of liberty for 6 months
No information about an appeal ruling.
Charges
- Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Participation in the activities of an extremist organization
Full wording of the charges
According to the investigation, he "actively participated in religious-educational classes and sermons of Jehovah's Witnesses, where he allegedly incited religious discord and promoted the ideas of exclusivity, superiority, and inferiority of individuals based on their religious beliefs."
Latest event
December 9, 2025 — first-instance verdict
The court delivered a guilty verdict: 2 years.
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
Timeline
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 2 years
· Preventive measure: travel ban (written undertaking)
· Persecution begins
Sergei Dvurechenskii's case
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
Criminal case
Sergei Dvurechenskii's case
- Case number
- 1-10/2025 (1-48/2024; 1-181/2023;)
Thematic group: The second case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Vyselki
Details and sources
Full summary
A resident of the Krasnodar region. Worked as an excavator driver, then at a construction site. On 13 February 2022, his home was searched. Later he was accused of participation in the activities of an extremist organisation 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 attracting new supporters. On 10 August 2023, Dvurechenskii signed a recognisance not to leave. On 9 December 2025, he was sentenced to a two-year suspended sentence.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
- Preventive measures
- travel ban (written undertaking)
Other people prosecuted under Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.