Pavel Ogorodov
Pavel Ogorodov, born 1951, Komi Republic. Charges: Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Organization of the activities of an extremist organization); Article 282.3 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Financing of extremist activities); “Case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Pechora town”. Sentenced on December 17, 2024. Status: at large. Recognition: Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion, August 11, 2021.
In brief
Komi Republic · Pechora · Pensioners · Extremism cases, Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses
Sentence
Fine
No information about an appeal ruling.
Charges
- Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Organization of the activities of an extremist organization
- Article 282.3 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Financing of extremist activities
Full wording of the charges
Participated in organising the activities of an extremist organisation
Latest event
April 14, 2026 — removed from the rosfinmonitoring list
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial Human Rights Centre, August 11, 2021
Timeline
· Removed from the Rosfinmonitoring list
· Persecution ends
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict
· Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion
Memorial Human Rights Centre
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Persecution begins
Case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Pechora town
Criminal case
Case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Pechora town
- Case number
- 1-174/2023
Other defendants in the case
- Nikolay Anufriev — At large
- Alexander Vorontsov — At large
- Sergei Zabora — At large
- Eduard Merinkov — At large
- Gennady Polyakevich — At large
- Alexander Prilepsky — Deceased
- Gennadiy Skutelets — At large
- Viktor Shchannikov — At large
Thematic group: The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Pechora
Details and sources
Full summary
On 28 January 2020, Ogorodov's home was searched, and he was detained but released the same day. In May, he was questioned, after which he suffered a minor stroke. On 10 November 2020, a case was opened against him for organising extremist activities. On 20 January 2022, the court returned the case to the prosecution. Following a second review on 17 December 2024, Ogorodov was sentenced to a fine, though the details remain undisclosed.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.