Ulita Sachneva
Ulita Sachneva, born 1954, Khabarovsk Krai. Charges: Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in the activities of an extremist organization); “The second case of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Komsomolsk-on-Amur”. Sentence (October 1, 2025): 2 years' imprisonment suspended. Status: at large. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion.
In brief
Khabarovsk Krai · Komsomolsk-on-Amur · Extremism cases, Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses
Sentence
2 years
imprisonment suspended
No information about an appeal ruling.
Charges
- Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Participation in the activities of an extremist organization
Latest event
October 16, 2026 — imprisonment ends
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
Timeline
· Imprisonment ends
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 2 years
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Persecution begins
The second case of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Komsomolsk-on-Amur
Criminal case
The second case of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Komsomolsk-on-Amur
- Case number
- 1-44/2025
Other defendants in the case
- Vasily Bondarev — At large, 2 years
- Irina Bondareva — At large, 2 years
- Marina Voitko — At large, 2 years
- Mikhail Dorofeev — At large, 6 years
- Svetlana Zharkova — At large, 2 years
- Nikolay Kovadnev — At large, 6 years
- Ivan Nikitin — At large, 2 years
- Sergei Sachnev — At large, 2 years
- Radion Shitov — At large, 6 years
Details and sources
Full summary
A resident of Komsomolsk-on-Amur. On May 25th 2023, she was searched as part of a case of involvement in the activities of an extremist organisation due to her involvement in the Jehovah's Witnesses community.
Representatives of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely on the basis of their religious activities: holding meetings and worship services and attracting new supporters.
On October 1st 2025, the court sentenced Sachneva to a two-year 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.