Sergey Logunov
Sergey Logunov, born 1962, Orenburg Oblast. Charges: Article 282.2 part 1 applied with Article 33 part 3, Russian Criminal Code (Directing the establishment or activities of an extremist organization); “The case of five Jehovah's Witnesses in Orenburg”. Sentence (August 28, 2023): 2 years 6 months' deprivation of liberty suspended with a probationary period of 2 years, 8 months' restriction of… Status: at large. Recognition: Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners — recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion, January 8, 2020; Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion, May 30, 2019.
In brief
Orenburg Oblast · Orenburg · Manual workers · Extremism cases, Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses
Sentence
2 years 6 months
deprivation of liberty suspended with a probationary period of 2 years, 8 months' restriction of liberty
Upheld January 24, 2024
Charges
- Article 282.2 part 1 applied with Article 33 part 3, Russian Criminal Code — Directing the establishment or activities of an extremist organization
Full wording of the charges
was engaged in the organisation of activities of an extremist organisation
Latest event
January 23, 2026 — imprisonment ends
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion — Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners, January 8, 2020
- Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial Human Rights Centre, May 30, 2019
Timeline
· Imprisonment ends
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 2 years 6 months
· 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 five Jehovah's Witnesses in Orenburg
· Preventive measure: travel ban (written undertaking)
Criminal case
The case of five Jehovah's Witnesses in Orenburg
Other defendants in the case
- Nikolay Zhugin — At large, 2 years 6 months
- Vladislav Kolbanov — At large, 3 years 6 months
- Vladimir Kochnev — At large, 2 years 6 months
- Pavel Lekontsev — At large, 3 years
Thematic group: The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Orenburg
Details and sources
Full summary
On 16 May 2018, Logunov's home was searched in a case on the activities of an extremist organisation. Personal recognizance was taken.
On 14 January 2020, the court returned the case to the prosecutor's office, but it later came back to court. On 28 August 2023, Logunov was sentenced to a two and a half year suspended sentence.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia