Mariia Ogoreva
Mariia Ogoreva, born 1961, Karachay-Cherkessia. Charges: Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in the activities of an extremist organization); “Mariia Ogoreva's case”. Sentence (December 29, 2025): 2 years' suspended sentence. Status: at large. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion.
In brief
Karachay-Cherkessia · NULL · Extremism cases, Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses
Sentence
2 years
suspended sentence
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
December 29, 2025 — first-instance verdict
The court delivered a guilty verdict: 2 years.
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
Timeline
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 2 years
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Persecution begins
Mariia Ogoreva's case
Criminal case
Mariia Ogoreva's case
- Case number
- 1-28/2025
Details and sources
Full summary
A resident of Karachay-Cherkessia. On 9 August 2024, her home was searched. It was later revealed that a case had been opened against her for participation in the activities of an extremist organization due to her involvement in the Jehovah's Witnesses community. Members of this community are prosecuted under extremist laws solely in connection with religious activities: holding meetings and worship services, and recruiting new members.
On 29 December 2025, the court sentenced Ogoreva to a two-year suspended sentence.
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.