Dmitrii Mladov
Dmitrii Mladov, born 1979, Moscow Oblast. Charges: Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in the activities of an extremist organization); “The second case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Moscow Oblast”. Sentence (April 13, 2026): 6 years' suspended imprisonment. Status: at large. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion.
In brief
Moscow Oblast · Dmitrov, NULL · Manual workers · Extremism cases, Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses
Sentence
6 years
suspended imprisonment
No information about an appeal ruling.
Charges
- Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Participation in the activities of an extremist organization
Latest event
June 14, 2026 — preventive measure: travel ban (written undertaking)
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
Timeline
· Preventive measure: travel ban (written undertaking)
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 6 years
· Preventive measure: ban on certain activities
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Pre-trial Detention Centre №8 (SIZO-8) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Moscow Oblast
· Preventive measure: placement in a temporary detention facility
· Persecution begins
The second case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Moscow Oblast
Criminal case
The second case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Moscow Oblast
Other defendants in the case
- Galina Inkina — At large, 2 years
Details and sources
Full summary
Detained in December 2024 in Krasnodar Krai and taken to Moscow Region as part of a case of involvement in the Jehovah's Witnesses community. Representatives of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely because of their religious activities - organising meetings and worship services and attracting new supporters. Mladov was taken into custody. In December 2025, he was released under a ban on certain actions. On 14 April 2026, Mladov was sentenced to six years' suspended sentence.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
- Preventive measures
- travel ban (written undertaking)
Other people prosecuted under Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.