Roman Mareev
Roman Mareev, born 1978, Moscow. Charges: Article 282.2 part 1.1, Russian Criminal Code (Involvement of a person in the activities of an extremist organization); “The third case of Jehovah's Witnesses of Moscow”. Sentence (July 12, 2023): 4 years 6 months' imprisonment in a general regime colony.
In brief
Moscow · Moscow · Engineers · Extremism cases, Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses
Sentence
4 years 6 months
imprisonment in a general regime colony
Upheld October 3, 2024
Charges
- Article 282.2 part 1.1, Russian Criminal Code — Involvement of a person in the activities of an extremist organization
Full wording of the charges
He is involved in the activities of an extremist organization.
Latest event
June 25, 2025 — added to the rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
Timeline
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Persecution ends
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 4 years 6 months
· Persecution begins
The third case of Jehovah's Witnesses of Moscow
· Preventive measure: placement in a temporary detention facility
Criminal case
The third case of Jehovah's Witnesses of Moscow
Other defendants in the case
- Anatolii Marunov — Imprisoned, 6 years 6 months
- Sergey Tolokonnikov — Imprisoned, 5 years 2 months
Thematic group: The third case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Moscow
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Facility: Pre-trial detention centre No. 4, Moscow
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
127081, г. Москва, ул. Вилюйская, д. 4, ФКУ СИЗО-4 ГУФСИН России по г. Москве ("Медведь"), Мареев Роман Викторович, 1978 г.р.
Details and sources
Full summary
Resident of Moscow. On October 20, 2021, his house was searched, he was detained and interrogated. On October 22, the court ruled to take him into custody on charges of involving in the activities of an extremist organisation in connection with his involvement in the Jehovah's Witnesses community. Representatives of this community are persecuted under extremist articles solely for their religious activities: meetings, joint worship services, and attracting new supporters. On July 12, 2023, he was sentenced to four and a half years in a general regime colony. On October 25, 2024, Mareev was released.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
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