Svetlana Shishina
Svetlana Shishina, born 1975, Ivanovo Oblast. Charges: Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in the activities of an extremist organization); “The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Shuya”. Sentence (January 29, 2024): A fine in the amount of 400 thousand roubles (≈$4470 as of 29.01.2024). Status: at large. Recognition: Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion, September 15, 2018; Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners — recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion, September 15, 2018.
In brief
Ivanovo Oblast · Shuya · Homemakers · Extremism cases, Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses
Sentence
A fine in the amount of 400 thousand roubles (≈$4470 as of 29.01.2024).
No information about an appeal ruling.
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 and financing of an extremist organisation
Latest event
February 11, 2025 — removed from the rosfinmonitoring list
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial Human Rights Centre, September 15, 2018
- Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion — Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners, September 15, 2018
Timeline
· Removed from the Rosfinmonitoring list
· Persecution ends
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion
Memorial Human Rights Centre
· Preventive measure: travel ban (written undertaking)
· Persecution begins
The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Shuya
Criminal case
The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Shuya
Other defendants in the case
- Alexei Arkhipov — At large
- Dmitry Mikhailov — At large
- Elena Mikhailova — At large
- Svetlana Ryzhkova — At large
Thematic group: The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Shuya
Details and sources
Full summary
On 29 May 2018, detained in a case on the activities of an extremist organisation. On 22 June, signed a recognizance not to leave. On 16 September 2021, the court returned the case to the prosecutor's office. On 29 January 2024, Shishina was sentenced to a fine of 400 thousand rubles (≈$4470 as of 29.01.2024).
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.