Tatiana Oleynik
Tatiana Oleynik, born 1952, Novosibirsk Oblast. Charges: Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in the activities of an extremist organization); “Tatiana Oleynik's case”. Sentence (August 22, 2023): 4 years' suspended prison sentence. Status: at large. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion, September 11, 2023.
In brief
Novosibirsk Oblast · Novosibirsk · Pensioners · Extremism cases, Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses
Sentence
4 years
suspended prison sentence
No information about an appeal ruling.
Charges
- Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Participation in the activities of an extremist organization
Full wording of the charges
According to the investigation, she "repeatedly provided her residential premises for holding collective religious meetings with followers of Jehovah's Witnesses, and personally participated in religious meetings"
Latest event
September 11, 2023 — recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, September 11, 2023
Timeline
· Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 4 years
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Persecution begins
Tatiana Oleynik's case
Criminal case
Tatiana Oleynik's case
Thematic group: The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Novosibirsk
Details and sources
Full summary
In April 2019, Oleynik's and two other believers' homes were searched and a criminal case was opened. At the end of 2021, it became known that the materials against her were put into separate proceedings and a criminal case was opened against her for participation in the activities of an extremist organisation. On 22 August 2023, Oleynik was sentenced to four years' suspended prison 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.