Maya Krupnova
Maya Krupnova, born 1957, Penza Oblast. Charges: Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in the activities of an extremist organization); “The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Nikolsk”. Sentence (December 29, 2021): 2 years' deprivation of liberty on probation for 3 years, 8 months' restriction of liberty. Status: at large. Recognition: Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion.
In brief
Penza Oblast · Nikolsk · Pensioners · Extremism cases, Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses
Sentence
2 years
deprivation of liberty on probation for 3 years, 8 months' restriction of liberty
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
According to the investigation, she took part in preaching work, studying compilations and materials, including those included in the list of extremist materials, teaching the doctrine of Jehovah's Witnesses, involving other persons in the religious organisation, direct participation in religious meetings and congresses, and providing living quarters for these events.
Latest event
September 11, 2024 — removed from the rosfinmonitoring list
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial Human Rights Centre
Timeline
· Removed from the Rosfinmonitoring list
· Persecution ends
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 2 years
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Preventive measure: travel ban (written undertaking)
· Persecution begins
The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Nikolsk
Criminal case
The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Nikolsk
Other defendants in the case
- Yuri Kim — Deceased
- Pyotr Krupnov — At large, 2 years
Thematic group: The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Nikolsk
Details and sources
Full summary
A resident of Nikolsk (Penza region). On 15 September 2021, she was brought as a defendant in a case of participation in the activities of an extremist organisation. On 30 December, she was sentenced to a two-year suspended sentence.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.