Anatolii Marunov
Anatolii Marunov, born 1953, Moscow. Charges: Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Organization of the activities of an extremist organization); “The third case of Jehovah's Witnesses of Moscow”. Sentence (July 12, 2023): 6 years 6 months' imprisonment. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since October 20, 2021; place of detention: Penal colony No. 3, Tambov Oblast.
In brief
Moscow · Moscow · Pensioners · Extremism cases, Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses
Sentence
6 years 6 months
imprisonment
Upheld October 3, 2024
Charges
- Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Organization of the activities of an extremist organization
Full wording of the charges
Involved in organising the activities of an extremist organisation
Latest event
November 17, 2025 — imprisonment begins
Timeline
· Imprisonment begins
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Samara Oblast
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 6 years 6 months
· Preventive measure: house arrest
· 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
- Roman Mareev — Imprisoned, 4 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: Penal colony No. 3, Tambov Oblast
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
393265, Тамбовская область, Рассказовский район, п. Зеленый, ул. Центральная, д.6, ФКУ «ИК № 3 УФСИН России по Тамбовской области», Марунов Анатолий Викторович, 1953 г.р.
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Full summary
On 20 October 2021, a search was conducted at Marunov's home, and he was detained and interrogated. On 22 October, the court decided to place him under house arrest on charges of organizing the activities of an extremist organization due to his involvement with the Jehovah's Witnesses community. Representatives of this community are prosecuted under anti-extremist laws solely for their religious activities: meetings, joint worship services, and recruiting new followers.
On 12 July 2023, he was sentenced to six and a half years in a general regime penal colony.
In December 2025, doctors assigned him a second-degree disability
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- Citizenship
- Russia
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