Valerii Kniazev
- Criminal Code
- Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
- Case category
- Extremism casesCases against Jehovah's Witnesses
- Verdict
- Imprisonment (general regime), Restriction of liberty
- Sentence
- 3 years
- Date of verdict
- 2025-11-12
- Region
- Udmurtia
- City
- Izhevsk
- Facility
- ЛИУ-12 Кировской области
- Address for letters
- 613020, Россия, Кировская обл., г. Кирово-Чепецк, ЛИУ-12 Кировской области, Князев Валерий Анатольевич, 1951 г.р.
Case summary
A resident of Izhevsk and follower of the Jehovah’s Witnesses, reportedly acting as the elder’s “ministerial servant”, according to the Investigative Committee. On 5 June 2024, he was placed under restrictions on certain activities as a preventive measure in a case concerning the organisation of the activities of an extremist organisation. On 12 November 2025, Kniazev was sentenced to three years’ imprisonment in a general-regime penal colony.
Others charged under Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
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