Elena Savelieva
Elena Savelieva, born 1941, Tomsk Oblast. Charges: Article 282.2 part 1.1, Russian Criminal Code (Involvement of a person in the activities of an extremist organization); “The case of Elena Savelieva”. Sentence (November 16, 2021): four years' suspended sentence. Status: at large. Recognition: Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion, August 11, 2021.
In brief
Tomsk Oblast · Seversk · Pensioners · Extremism cases, Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses
Sentence
4 years
four years' suspended sentence
Upheld February 13, 2022
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
Involved others in the activities of an extremist organisation
Latest event
October 23, 2025 — removed from the rosfinmonitoring list
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial Human Rights Centre, August 11, 2021
Timeline
· Removed from the Rosfinmonitoring list
· Persecution ends
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 4 years
· Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion
Memorial Human Rights Centre
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Persecution begins
The case of Elena Savelieva
Criminal case
The case of Elena Savelieva
Details and sources
Full summary
A criminal case on involvement in the activities of an extremist organisation was initiated in March 2021. Savelieva was released on her own recognizance and, on 17 November, received a four-year suspended sentence.
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.