Ludmila Salikova
Ludmila Salikova, born 1951, Chelyabinsk Oblast. Charges: Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in the activities of an extremist organization); “The case of Lyudmila Salikova”. Sentence (March 22, 2023): two years and six months suspended imprisonment. Status: at large. Recognition: Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion, September 18, 2021.
In brief
Chelyabinsk Oblast · Snezhinsk · Pensioners · Extremism cases, Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses
Sentence
2 years 6 months
two years and six months suspended imprisonment
First instance, January 19, 2022: 6 years
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 a religious organisation, imported and imported into the Russian Federation for subsequent illegal mass distribution of information materials with religious content included in the Federal List of Extremist Materials
Latest event
November 18, 2024 — removed from the rosfinmonitoring list
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial Human Rights Centre, September 18, 2021
Timeline
· Removed from the Rosfinmonitoring list
· Appeal ruling
sentence changed · 2 years 6 months
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 6 years
· Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion
Memorial Human Rights Centre
· Preventive measure: travel ban (written undertaking)
· Persecution begins
The case of Lyudmila Salikova
Criminal case
The case of Lyudmila Salikova
Details and sources
Full summary
On 30 November 2020, Salikova's home was searched. On 26 August 2021, she was charged with the case of organising activities of an extremist organisation and signed a personal recognizance. On 20 January 2022, she was sentenced to six years' suspended sentence. On 11 January 2023, the court of cassation instance overturned the verdict and returned the case to the court of appeal instance. On 23 March, the court of appeal reclassified the charge from organisation to participation in the activities of an extremist organisation and reduced the sentence to two and a half years.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
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