Maria Karpova
Maria Karpova, born 1980, Dagestan. Charges: Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Organization of the activities of an extremist organization); Article 282.2 part 1.1, Russian Criminal Code (Involvement of a person in the activities of an extremist organization). Sentence (November 24, 2022): six years of suspended sentence. Status: at large. Recognition: Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, January 8, 2020; Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, September 22, 2019.
In brief
Dagestan · Makhachkala · Service workers · Extremism cases, Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses
Sentence
6 years
six years of suspended sentence
No information about an appeal ruling.
Charges
- Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Organization of the activities of an extremist organization
- Article 282.2 part 1.1, Russian Criminal Code — Involvement of a person in the activities of an extremist organization
Full wording of the charges
Conducted secret meetings for several years to study extremist literature and coordinate the dissemination of the organization's ideology; travelled abroad "to meet with foreign coordinators", who provided her with funding and advice on expanding her activities.
Latest event
January 10, 2025 — removed from the rosfinmonitoring list
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion — Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners, January 8, 2020
- Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial Human Rights Centre, September 22, 2019
Timeline
· Removed from the Rosfinmonitoring list
· Persecution ends
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 6 years
· Preventive measure: house arrest
· Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion
Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners
· Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion
Memorial Human Rights Centre
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Dagestan
· Persecution begins
Сase of Jehovah's Witnesses in Dagestan
Criminal case
Сase of Jehovah's Witnesses in Dagestan
Other defendants in the case
- Marat Abdulgalimov — At large, 6 years 6 months
- Arsen Abdullaev — At large, 6 years 6 months
- Anton Dergalev — At large, 6 years 6 months
Thematic group: The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Dagestan
Details and sources
Full summary
On June 1st, 2019 she was detained after a search, and on June 3rd, she was taken into custody according to the court order on the case of organizing activities of an extremist organization. On April 30th, 2020, there was an added charge of recruitment to the organization. On May 27th, she was placed under house arrest. On November 25th, 2022, she was sentenced to six years suspended prison sentence.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.