Natalia Kocheva
Natalia Kocheva, born 1961, Jewish Autonomous Oblast. Charges: Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in the activities of an extremist organization). Sentenced on October 1, 2026. Status: at large.
In brief
Jewish Autonomous Oblast · Birobidzhan · Extremism cases, Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses
Sentence
Fine
No information about an appeal ruling.
Charges
- Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Participation in the activities of an extremist organization
Full wording of the charges
Participation in "extremist" organisations
Latest event
October 1, 2026 — first-instance verdict
The court delivered a guilty verdict.
Timeline
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Persecution begins
Criminal case
- Case number
- 1-242/2026
Details and sources
Full summary
A resident of Birobidzhan. On 9 October 2025, her home was searchedas part of a case concerning participation in the activities of an extremist organisation in connection with alleged involvement in the activities of Jehovah’s Witnesses.
Representatives of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely for their religious activity - holding meetings and services, and recruiting new adherents.
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.