Andrey Okhapkin
Andrey Okhapkin, born 1962, Ivanovo Oblast. Charges: Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Organization of the activities of an extremist organization); “The case of Andrei Ohapkin on the continuing activities of Jehovah's Witnesses”. Sentence (August 13, 2024): A fine of 700,000 roubles, reduced to 540,000 roubles with payment deferred over two years, taking into account the time… Status: at large. Recognition: Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion, November 28, 2021.
In brief
Ivanovo Oblast · Kineshma · IT specialists, Teachers · Extremism cases, Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses
Sentence
A fine of 700,000 roubles, reduced to 540,000 roubles with payment deferred over two years, taking into account the time spent under restrictive measures.
No information about an appeal ruling.
Charges
- Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Organization of the activities of an extremist organization
Full wording of the charges
According to the investigation, he "resumed extremist activities in the city of Kineshma".
Latest event
November 5, 2025 — removed from the rosfinmonitoring list
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial Human Rights Centre, November 28, 2021
Timeline
· Removed from the Rosfinmonitoring list
· Persecution ends
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict
· Preventive measure: travel ban (written undertaking)
· Preventive measure: ban on certain activities
· Preventive measure: house arrest
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion
Memorial Human Rights Centre
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
· Preventive measure: placement in a temporary detention facility
· Persecution begins
The case of Andrei Ohapkin on the continuing activities of Jehovah's Witnesses
Criminal case
The case of Andrei Ohapkin on the continuing activities of Jehovah's Witnesses
- Case number
- 1-459/2022
Details and sources
Full summary
A resident of Kineshma (Ivanovo region). On 23 November 2021, he was searched, after which he was detained and placed in a pre-trial detention center the next day as part of a case involving the organisation of extremist activities. On 17 February 2022, Okhapkin was transferred to house arrest, and on 14 July the measure of restraint was changed to a ban on certain actions. On 13 August 2024, Okhapkin was sentenced to a fine of 700,000 rubles, but the court decided to reduce the amount to 540,000 rubles, taking into account the time spent under various measures of restraint, and also the possibility to pay the fine to be paid in installments over two years.
On August 13, 2024, Okhapkin was sentenced to a fine of 700,000 rubles, but the court reduced the amount to 540,000 rubles, taking into account the time spent under various measures of restraint, and also allowed the fine to be paid in installments over two years.
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.