Yuri Galka
- Criminal Code
- Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
- Case category
- Extremism casesCases against Jehovah's Witnesses
- Verdict
- Imprisonment (general regime)
- Sentence
- 6 years
- Date of verdict
- 2025-11-21
- Region
- Voronezh Oblast
- City
- Voronezh
- Address for letters
- 394030, Воронежская область, г. Воронеж, ул. Желябова, 56, ФКУ СИЗО-1 УФСИН России по Воронежской области, Галка Юрий Юрьевич, 1975 г.р.
Case summary
A resident of Voronezh. On 13 July 2020, a search was conducted at Galka’s home; he reported that he was knocked to the ground and pressed face down onto the floor. After the search, he was detained. Later, the court ordered his remand in custody in a case concerning the organisation of the activities of an extremist organisation. On 1 December, a preventive measure in the form of a prohibition on certain actions was imposed.
On 21 November 2025, the court sentenced him to six years’ imprisonment in a general-regime penal colony.
Others charged under Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
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