Vladimir Ponomarenko
Vladimir Ponomarenko, born 1974, Kabardino-Balkaria. Charges: Article 282.2 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code (Organizing the activities of an extremist organization); “The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Nalchik”. Status: at large. Recognition: Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion, September 18, 2021.
In brief
Kabardino-Balkaria · Nalchik · Extremism cases, Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses
Sentence
No information about a verdict.
Charges
- Article 282.2 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code — Organizing the activities of an extremist organization
Full wording of the charges
involved in the activities of an extremist organisation
Latest event
September 18, 2021 — recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion
Memorial Human Rights Centre
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial Human Rights Centre, September 18, 2021
Timeline
· Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion
Memorial Human Rights Centre
· Persecution begins
The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Nalchik
Criminal case
The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Nalchik
Other defendants in the case
- Lanchev A — At large
- Nikolai Smaglo — At large
Thematic group: The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Nalchik
Details and sources
Full summary
In July 2021, Ponomarenko's home was searched, he was detained and interrogated as part of a case on the activities of an extremist organisation, after which he was released. On 2 September, a second search took place.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 282.2 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.