Vladimir Pushkov
Vladimir Pushkov, born 1975, Tomsk Oblast. Charges: Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Organization of the activities of an extremist organization); “Jehovah's Witnesses' case in Tomsk”. Status: imprisoned. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion.
In brief
Tomsk Oblast · Tomsk · Extremism cases, Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses
Sentence
No information about a verdict.
Preventive measure: pre-trial detention since March 21, 2025
Charges
- Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Organization of the activities of an extremist organization
Latest event
March 24, 2026 — added to the rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
Timeline
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Tomsk Oblast
· Persecution begins
Jehovah's Witnesses' case in Tomsk
· Preventive measure: placement in a temporary detention facility
Criminal case
Jehovah's Witnesses' case in Tomsk
- Case number
- 1-360/2026
Other defendants in the case
- Evgenii Abramov — Imprisoned
- Yana Abramova — Imprisoned
- Gonhi Jahi — Imprisoned
- Evgenii Dodolin — Imprisoned
- Tatiana Dodolina — Imprisoned
- Anton Novopashin — Imprisoned
- Yuri Pichugin — Imprisoned
- Andrei Plekhanov — Imprisoned
- Aisulu Tastaibekova — Imprisoned
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Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
634510, Россия, Томская область, г. Томск, ул. Пушкина, 48, ФКУ СИЗО-1 УФСИН России по Томской области, Пушков Владимир Владимирович, 1975 г.р.
Details and sources
Full summary
A resident of Tomsk. On March 20, 2025, Pushkov was detained after a search, the next day he was taken into custody on charges of organizing activities of an extremist organization due to his involvement in the activities of the Jehovah's Witnesses community. Representatives of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely because of their religious activities - holding meetings and worship services and attracting new supporters.
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.