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Nikolai Smaglo

At largeChecked October 18, 2026

Nikolai Smaglo, born 1969, Kabardino-Balkaria. Charges: Article 282.2 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code (Organizing the activities of an extremist organization); “The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Nalchik”. Status: at large. Recognition: Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion, September 18, 2021.

In brief

Kabardino-Balkaria · Nalchik · Extremism cases, Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses

Sentence

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Charges

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was involved in the activities of an extremist organisation

Latest event

September 18, 2021 — recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion

Memorial Human Rights Centre

Checked October 18, 2026 · no changes since October 15

Recognition by rights defenders

Timeline

  1. · Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion

    Memorial Human Rights Centre

  2. · Persecution begins

    The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Nalchik

Criminal case

The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Nalchik

Other defendants in the case

Thematic group: The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Nalchik

Details and sources

Full summary

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In July 2021, Smaglo's home was searched, and he was detained and interrogated in a case on the activities of an extremist organization, after which he was released. On 2 September, he was searched again.

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