Galina Inkina
Galina Inkina, born 1953, Moscow Oblast. Charges: Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in the activities of an extremist organization); “The second case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Moscow Oblast”. Sentence (April 13, 2026): 2 years' suspended imprisonment. Status: at large. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion.
In brief
Moscow Oblast · Dmitrov, NULL · Extremism cases, Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses
Sentence
2 years
suspended imprisonment
No information about an appeal ruling.
Charges
- Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Participation in the activities of an extremist organization
Latest event
June 14, 2026 — preventive measure: travel ban (written undertaking)
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
Timeline
· Preventive measure: travel ban (written undertaking)
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 2 years
· Preventive measure: ban on certain activities
· Persecution begins
The second case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Moscow Oblast
· Preventive measure: placement in a temporary detention facility
Criminal case
The second case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Moscow Oblast
Other defendants in the case
- Dmitrii Mladov — At large, 6 years
Details and sources
Full summary
A resident of the Moscow region. In December 2024, she was searched in connection with her involvement in the Jehovah's Witnesses community. Representatives of this community are persecuted solely because of their religious activities - organising meetings and worship services and attracting new supporters. A non-custodial preventive measure was chosen against Inkina. On 14 April 2026, she was sentenced to a two-year suspended sentence.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
- Preventive measures
- travel ban (written undertaking)
Other people prosecuted under Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.