Tatiana Kulakova
Tatiana Kulakova, born 1973, Sakhalin 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 Nevelsk”. Sentence (January 30, 2022): two years' suspended sentence. Status: at large. Recognition: Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners — recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion, December 11, 2020; Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion, April 5, 2020.
In brief
Sakhalin Oblast · Nevelsk · Extremism cases, Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses
Sentence
2 years
two years' suspended sentence
Upheld November 7, 2022
Charges
- Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Participation in the activities of an extremist organization
Full wording of the charges
Carried out "management of a religious group consisting of professing Jehovah's Witnesses residents of Nevelsk, for material and other support of the group's activities, convening relevant meetings, religious beliefs, ensuring the performance of religious rites and ceremonies, religious instruction and religious upbringing"
Latest event
November 10, 2025 — imprisonment ends
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion — Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners, December 11, 2020
- Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial Human Rights Centre, April 5, 2020
Timeline
· Imprisonment ends
· Persecution ends
· Removed from the Rosfinmonitoring list
· Cassation ruling
upheld
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 2 years
· Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion
Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners
· Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion
Memorial Human Rights Centre
· Persecution begins
The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Nevelsk
Criminal case
The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Nevelsk
Other defendants in the case
- Evgeny Yelin — At large, 6 years 6 months
- Vyacheslav Ivanov — At large, 2 years
- Alexander Kozlitin — At large, 2 years
- Sergey Kulakov — At large, 6 years 6 months
Thematic group: The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Nevelsk
Details and sources
Full summary
A resident of Sakhalin. A case of participation in the activities of an extremist organisation was initiated. On 31 January 2022, sentenced to two years' 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.