Tatiana Levitskaia
Tatiana Levitskaia, born 1983, Moscow. Charges: Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in the activities of an extremist organization); “The fifth case of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Moscow”. Status: under house arrest.
In brief
Moscow · Moscow · Extremism cases, Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses
Sentence
No information about a verdict.
Preventive measure: house arrest since May 28, 2025
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
June 6, 2025 — added to the rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
Timeline
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Preventive measure: house arrest
· Persecution begins
The fifth case of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Moscow
· Preventive measure: placement in a temporary detention facility
Criminal case
The fifth case of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Moscow
- Case number
- 01-0094/2026
Other defendants in the case
- Oksana Ivanova — Under house arrest
- Larisa Kislaia — Under house arrest
- Liliana Korol — Imprisoned
- Zaur Murtuzov — Imprisoned
- Daria Petrochenko — Imprisoned
Details and sources
Full summary
A resident of Moscow or the Moscow suburbs. On 27 May 2025, a search took place at her home, after which she was detained and taken to a temporary detention facility. The next day she was sent under house arrest on charges of participation in the activities of an extremist organisation in connection with her involvement with the Jehovah's Witnesses community. Representatives of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely because of their religious activities — holding meetings and worship services and attracting new supporters. As it turned out in court, the key witness in the case testified at the investigation under a false name — under a passport issued to her by the FSB officers so that she could participate in operational-search activities.
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.