October 20, 2026, 2:41 PMRSSRU

Mykola Kononenko

At largeChecked October 18, 2026

Mykola Kononenko, born 1982, Khabarovsk Krai. 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); “Jehovah's Witnesses' case in Nikolaevsk-on-Amur”. Sentence (July 30, 2024): 6 years' suspended imprisonment. Status: at large. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion, October 19, 2021.

In brief

Khabarovsk Krai · Nikolaevsk-on-Amur · Pensioners · Extremism cases, Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses

Sentence

6 years

suspended imprisonment

Verdict July 30, 2024

No information about an appeal ruling.

Charges

Full wording of the charges

Participation and involvement in the activities of an extremist organization

Latest event

August 15, 2024 — imprisonment begins

Checked October 18, 2026 · no changes since October 15

Recognition by rights defenders

Timeline

  1. · Imprisonment begins

  2. · First-instance verdict

    guilty verdict · 6 years

  3. · Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”

  4. · Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion

    Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners

  5. · Persecution begins

    Jehovah's Witnesses' case in Nikolaevsk-on-Amur

Criminal case

Jehovah's Witnesses' case in Nikolaevsk-on-Amur

Case number
1-54/2023 (1-413/2022)

Other defendants in the case

Thematic group: The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Nikolayevsk-on-Amur

Details and sources

Full summary

According to OVD-Info

A resident of Nikolaevsk-on-Amur. He was charged with participation and involvement in the activities of an extremist organization. He was released on his own recognizance. On 30 July 2024, Kononenko was sentenced to six years' suspended sentence.

All fields of the record
Citizenship
Russia
Sources (1)

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