Yurii Sergeechev
Yurii Sergeechev, born 1951, Adygea. Charges: Article 282.2 part 1.1, Russian Criminal Code (Involvement of a person in the activities of an extremist organization); “The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Adygeysk”. Sentence (December 22, 2025): 4 years’ suspended imprisonment. Status: at large. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion.
In brief
Adygea · NULL · Pensioners · Extremism cases, Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses
Sentence
4 years
suspended imprisonment
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
Latest event
December 22, 2025 — first-instance verdict
The court delivered a guilty verdict: 4 years.
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
Timeline
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 4 years
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Republic of Adygea
· Persecution begins
The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Adygeysk
· Preventive measure: placement in a temporary detention facility
Criminal case
The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Adygeysk
Other defendants in the case
- Aleksei Dmitriev — Imprisoned, 4 years
Details and sources
Full summary
A resident of Adygeysk. On 29 April 2025, a search was conducted at his home. He was detained and questioned, and the following day, he was remanded in custody in connection with alleged involvement in the activities of the Jehovah’s Witnesses community. Representatives of this community are prosecuted under extremism-related articles exclusively because of their religious activities, including holding meetings and worship services and recruiting new adherents. On 22 December 2025, Sergeechev was sentenced to four years’ suspended imprisonment.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
- Preventive measures
- travel ban (written undertaking)
Other people prosecuted under Article 282.2 part 1.1, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.