Olga Mirgorodskaya
Olga Mirgorodskaya, born 1982, Khabarovsk Krai. Charges: Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in the activities of an extremist organization); “The sixth case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Khabarovsk Krai”. Sentence (August 3, 2023): a fine of 300 thousand roubles. Status: at large. Recognition: Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion, August 11, 2021.
In brief
Khabarovsk Krai · Khabarovsk · Nannies · Extremism cases, Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses
Sentence
a fine of 300 thousand roubles
Upheld October 31, 2023
Charges
- Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Participation in the activities of an extremist organization
Full wording of the charges
Involved in participating in the activities of an extremist organisation
Latest event
October 31, 2023 — appeal
The court upheld the verdict.
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial Human Rights Centre, August 11, 2021
Timeline
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict
· Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion
Memorial Human Rights Centre
· Persecution begins
The sixth case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Khabarovsk Krai
Criminal case
The sixth case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Khabarovsk Krai
Other defendants in the case
- Sergey Kazakov — At large
Thematic group: The sixth case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Khabarovsk Krai
Details and sources
Full summary
On 21 December 2020, Mirgorodskaya's home was searched and she was questioned as part of a criminal case on the activities of an extremist organisation. On 28 February 2022, the court returned the case to the prosecutor's office, but on 28 April, the appellate court reversed this decision and sent the case for review. On 3 August 2023, she was sentenced to a fine of 300 thousand rubles.
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.