Dmitrii Ignatov
Dmitrii Ignatov, born 1997, Oryol Oblast. Charges: Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in the activities of an extremist organization); “Dmitrii Ignatov's case”. Sentence (July 24, 2024): Sentenced to two years of corrective labor. Status: location unknown. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, July 27, 2024.
In brief
Oryol Oblast · Oryol · Manual workers · Extremism cases, Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses
Sentence
Sentenced to two years of corrective labor
Upheld October 9, 2024
Charges
- Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Participation in the activities of an extremist organization
Full wording of the charges
According to the investigation, he “actively participated in the study of religious literature.”
Latest event
December 30, 2025 — imprisonment ends
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, July 27, 2024
Timeline
· Imprisonment ends
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Persecution begins
Dmitrii Ignatov's case
Criminal case
Dmitrii Ignatov's case
Details and sources
Full summary
A resident of Oryol. On December 9, 2020, law enforcement officers searched his home while he was listed as a witness in a case concerning the activities of an extremist organization involving fellow residents of his region. On October 28, 2021, a criminal case was opened against Ignatov himself on charges of participation in the activities of an extremist organization. On July 25, 2024, he was sentenced to two years of compulsory labor. On December 30, 2025, he was released early.
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.