Olga Ponomareva
Olga Ponomareva, born 1974, Krasnodar Krai. Charges: Article 282.2 part 1.1, Russian Criminal Code (Involvement of a person in the activities of an extremist organization); “Case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Kholmskaya”. Sentence (December 1, 2021): Five years' imprisonment in a general regime colony. Status: location unknown. Recognition: Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion, August 11, 2021.
In brief
Krasnodar Krai · Kholmskaya · Extremism cases, Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses
Sentence
5 years
Five years' imprisonment in a general regime colony
No information about an appeal ruling.
Charges
- Article 282.2 part 1.1, Russian Criminal Code — Involvement of a person in the activities of an extremist organization
Full wording of the charges
Recruited a local woman into the activities of an extremist organisation
Latest event
December 1, 2021 — first-instance verdict
The court delivered a guilty verdict: 5 years.
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial Human Rights Centre, August 11, 2021
Timeline
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 5 years
· Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion
Memorial Human Rights Centre
· Preventive measure: travel ban (written undertaking)
· Persecution begins
Case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Kholmskaya
Criminal case
Case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Kholmskaya
Other defendants in the case
- Anna Yermak — Location unknown, 4 years 6 months
Thematic group: The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Kholmskaya
Details and sources
Full summary
On 7 April 2021 it became known about criminal proceedings' initiation. Ponomareva is suspected of recruiting a local resident into the activities of an extremist organisation. A personal recognisance was assigned. On 2 December, she was sentenced in absentia to five years in a general regime colony.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 282.2 part 1.1, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.