Lyudmila Ponomarenko
Lyudmila Ponomarenko, born 1950, Rostov Oblast. Charges: Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in the activities of an extremist organization); “The case of Lyudmila Ponomarenko”. Sentence (May 17, 2021): Two years suspended sentence. Status: at large. Recognition: Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion, April 5, 2020; Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners — recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion, April 5, 2020.
In brief
Rostov Oblast · Rostov-on-Don · Pensioners · Extremism cases, Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses
Sentence
2 years
Two 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
Full wording of the charges
Participated in the activities of an extremist organisation
Latest event
July 13, 2022 — removed from the rosfinmonitoring list
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial Human Rights Centre, April 5, 2020
- Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion — Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners, April 5, 2020
Timeline
· Removed from the Rosfinmonitoring list
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 2 years
· Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion
Memorial Human Rights Centre
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Persecution begins
The case of Lyudmila Ponomarenko
Criminal case
The case of Lyudmila Ponomarenko
Thematic group: The second case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Rostov-on-Don
Details and sources
Full summary
On June 6, 2019, a case was initiated against Ponomarenko for participation in the activities of an extremist organisation. On May 18, 2021, she was sentenced to two years 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.