Svetlana Efremova
Svetlana Efremova, born 1950, Primorsky Krai. Charges: Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in the activities of an extremist organization); “Case of Evgenii Grinenko, Svetlana Efremova and Sergei Kobelev”. Sentence (February 2, 2023): 3 years' imprisonment suspended with a probationary period of 2 years. Status: at large. Recognition: Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion, July 24, 2020.
In brief
Primorsky Krai · Lesozavodsk · Pensioners · Extremism cases, Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses
Sentence
3 years
imprisonment suspended with a probationary period of 2 years.
Upheld April 25, 2023
Charges
- Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Participation in the activities of an extremist organization
Full wording of the charges
Shw carried out organisational activities to convene and conduct assemblies, and participated directly in the assemblies held.
Latest event
April 25, 2026 — imprisonment ends
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial Human Rights Centre, July 24, 2020
Timeline
· Imprisonment ends
· Removed from the Rosfinmonitoring list
· Persecution ends
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 3 years
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion
Memorial Human Rights Centre
· Persecution begins
Case of Evgenii Grinenko, Svetlana Efremova and Sergei Kobelev
Criminal case
Case of Evgenii Grinenko, Svetlana Efremova and Sergei Kobelev
Other defendants in the case
- Evgenii Grinenko — At large, 6 years
- Sergey Kobelev — At large, 6 years
Thematic group: The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Lesozavodsk
Details and sources
Full summary
On 6 April 2021, it becomes known that a case of participation in the activities of an extremist organisation has been opened against Efremova. On 6 February 2023, she was sentenced to three years' suspended sentence.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.