October 20, 2026, 4:16 PMRSSRU

Dinara Dyusekeeva

At largeChecked October 18, 2026

Dinara Dyusekeeva, born 1982, Omsk Oblast. Charges: Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Organization of the activities of an extremist organization); Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in the activities of an extremist organization); Article 282.3 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code (Financing extremist activities); “The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Omsk”. Sentence (November 29, 2020): two years' suspended sentence. Status: at large. Recognition: Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners — recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion, December 11, 2020; Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion, April 5, 2020.

In brief

Omsk Oblast · Omsk · Veterinarians · Extremism cases, Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses

Sentence

2 years

two years' suspended sentence

Verdict November 29, 2020

Upheld January 9, 2023

Charges

Full wording of the charges

participated in worship services

Latest event

January 9, 2023 — court ruling

The court upheld the verdict.

Checked October 18, 2026 · no changes since October 15

Recognition by rights defenders

Timeline

  1. · Court ruling

    upheld

  2. · Persecution ends

  3. · Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion

    Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners

  4. · First-instance verdict

    guilty verdict · 2 years

  5. · Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion

    Memorial Human Rights Centre

  6. · Persecution begins

    The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Omsk

Criminal case

The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Omsk

Other defendants in the case

Thematic group: The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Omsk

Details and sources

Full summary

According to OVD-Info

In June 2018, Dyusekeeva was searched in regards to a case on organising, participating in and financing the activities of an extremist organisation, and was subsequently charged.

On 30 November 2020, she was sentenced to a two-year suspended sentence.

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Sources (2)

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