Alexey Dyadkin
Alexey Dyadkin, born 1989, Rostov Oblast. Charges: Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Organization of the activities of an extremist organization); “The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Gukovo”. Sentence (September 19, 2022): 7 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony. Status: at large. Recognition: Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion.
In brief
Rostov Oblast · Gukovo · Construction workers · Extremism cases, Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses
Sentence
7 years
imprisonment in a general regime penal colony
Upheld July 25, 2023
Charges
- Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Organization of the activities of an extremist organization
Full wording of the charges
Participated in organising the activities of an extremist organisation
Latest event
June 5, 2026 — imprisonment ends
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial Human Rights Centre
Timeline
· Imprisonment ends
· Imprisonment begins
· Persecution ends
· Cassation ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 7 years
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Persecution begins
The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Gukovo
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region
Criminal case
The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Gukovo
Other defendants in the case
- Aleksei Gorelyi — At large, 6 years 6 months
- Nikita Moiseev — At large with restrictions, 7 years
- Vladimir Popov — At large with restrictions, 7 years
- Evgeny Razumov — At large with restrictions, 7 years
- Oleg Shidlovskiy — At large, 6 years 6 months
Thematic group: The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Gukovo
Details and sources
Full summary
A resident of Rostov region. Detained on 21 August 2020, taken into custody on charges of organising activities of an extremist organisation in connection with involvement in the Jehovah's Witnesses community. Representatives of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely for religious activities: meetings, joint worship services, and attracting new supporters. On 19 September 2022, he was sentenced to seven years in a general regime penal colony.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.