Elena Grosheva
Elena Grosheva, born 1976, Krasnoyarsk Krai. Charges: Article 282.2 part 1.1, Russian Criminal Code (Involvement of a person in the activities of an extremist organization); Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in the activities of an extremist organization); “Elena Grosheva' case of an extremist organisation”. Status: at large.
In brief
Krasnoyarsk Krai · Kansk · Service workers · Extremism cases, Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses
Sentence
No information about a verdict.
Preventive measure: ban on certain activities since November 21, 2025
Charges
- Article 282.2 part 1.1, Russian Criminal Code — Involvement of a person in the activities of an extremist organization
- Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Participation in the activities of an extremist organization
Full wording of the charges
According to the ruling on the initiation of the case, Kamenskaya is accused of "conducting apartment rounds in the city of Kansk... conducting explanatory work, thereby attracting new adherents".
Latest event
December 5, 2025 — added to the rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
Timeline
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Preventive measure: ban on certain activities
· Persecution begins
Elena Grosheva' case of an extremist organisation
· Preventive measure: placement in a temporary detention facility
Criminal case
Elena Grosheva' case of an extremist organisation
Thematic group: The third case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Krasnoyarsk Krai
Details and sources
Full summary
A resident of Kansk. Before the arrest she was a hotel administrator, but because of the preventive measure imposed on her, she lost her job and took a job as a cleaner.
On 20 November 2025, she was searched on charges of participation in the activities of an extremist organisation and involvement in it due to her involvement in the Jehovah's Witnesses community. Representatives of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely for religious activities: meetings, joint worship services, attracting new supporters.
After the search, she was taken for questioning, and the next day she was given a ban on certain activities.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 282.2 part 1.1, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.