Oksana Ivanova
Oksana Ivanova, born 1970, Moscow. 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); “The fifth case of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Moscow”. Status: under house arrest. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, December 10, 2024.
In brief
Moscow · Moscow · Extremism cases, Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses
Sentence
No information about a verdict.
Preventive measure: house arrest
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
Latest event
December 16, 2024 — added to the rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, December 10, 2024
Timeline
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
· Persecution begins
The fifth case of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Moscow
· Preventive measure: placement in a temporary detention facility
· Preventive measure: house arrest
Criminal case
The fifth case of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Moscow
- Case number
- 01-0094/2026
Other defendants in the case
- Larisa Kislaia — Under house arrest
- Liliana Korol — Imprisoned
- Tatiana Levitskaia — Under house arrest
- Zaur Murtuzov — Imprisoned
- Daria Petrochenko — Imprisoned
Details and sources
Full summary
A resident of Moscow and the Moscow region. On 5 December 2024, her home was searched. She was subsequently detained and placed under house arrest within the framework of a criminal case on the activities of an extremist organisation in connection with her alleged involvement in a community of Jehovah’s Witnesses. Representatives of this community are prosecuted under extremism-related articles solely on account of their religious activities — holding meetings and services, and recruiting new adherents. As it emerged in court, the key witness in the case gave testimony during the investigation under a fictitious surname — using a passport issued to her by FSB officers so that she could participate in operational-search 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.