Igor Suslov
Igor Suslov, born 1979, Kurgan Oblast. Charges: Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in the activities of an extremist organization); “Igor Suslov's case”. Sentence (April 16, 2026): a fine of 350,000 rubles. Status: at large.
In brief
Kurgan Oblast · Shadrinsk · Extremism cases, Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses
Sentence
a fine of 350,000 rubles
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
The investigation found that in the period from 2017 to 2021, the defendant actively participated in the activities of a religious organisation banned by the court. He personally participated in meetings and gatherings of followers of the creed, including via videoconference, and also held conversations with residents of the district in order to promote the activities of the extremist organisation.
Latest event
April 16, 2026 — first-instance verdict
The court delivered a guilty verdict.
Timeline
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict
· Preventive measure: travel ban (written undertaking)
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Persecution begins
Igor Suslov's case
Criminal case
Igor Suslov's case
- Case number
- 1-21/2026 (1-243/2025;)
Thematic group: The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Shadrinsk
Details and sources
Full summary
Resident of Altai Krai and formerly of Shadrinsk, Kurgan Oblast. On 23 June 2025, criminal proceedings were initiated against him for participation in the activities of an extremist organisation due to his involvement in the Jehovah's Witnesses community, which was groundlessly recognised as an extremist organisation and banned on the territory of the Russian Federation. He is under a non-deportation undertaking. On 31 July, the Investigative Committee reported about the transfer of the case to court. On 16 April 2026 Suslov was sentenced to a fine of 350 thousand rubles.
In 2021, Suslov was a witness in the case of another believer Alexander Lubin.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
- Preventive measures
- travel ban (written undertaking)
Other people prosecuted under Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.