Alexandr Starikov
- Criminal Code
- Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
- Case category
- Extremism casesCases against Jehovah's Witnesses
- Verdict
- Ban on activity, Imprisonment (general regime), Restriction of liberty
- Sentence
- 6 years
- Date of verdict
- 2025-03-27
- Region
- Tver Oblast
- City
- Konakovo
- Facility
- ФКУ «ИК № 7 УФСИН России по Костромской области»
- Address for letters
- 156522, поселок Бычиха 12, Костромская область, Костромской р-н, ФКУ «ИК № 7 УФСИН России по Костромской области», Стариков Александр Михайлович, 1960 г.р.
Case summary
A resident of Konakovo (Tver Region), a civil aviation pilot. In July 2021, Starikov was searched in Ivanovo, where he had moved from Konakovo to take care of his elderly father. He was given a recognisance not to leave. On the 21st of June, 2023, Starikov was charged with organising the activities of an extremist organisation in connection to his involvement with the Jehovah's Witnesses community. Representatives of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely because of their religious activities — holding meetings and worship services and attracting new supporters. On the 27th of March, 2025, Starikov was sentenced to six years in a general regime penal colony.
Others charged under Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
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