Anastasia Terentyeva
Anastasia Terentyeva, born 1979, Saint Petersburg. Charges: Article 171 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code (Act of carrying out of business activities without mandatory registration by the government, or…); Article 282 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code (Incitement of hatred or enmity); Article 282.1 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code (The creation and management of a extremist group); “The case of the Church of Scientology of St. Petersburg”. Sentence (August 24, 2023): a fine of 1 million 200 thousand roubles, discharged from the execution of punishment. Status: at large. Recognition: Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners — recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion, January 21, 2018; Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as a political prisoner, January 18, 2018.
In brief
Saint Petersburg · Saint Petersburg · Religious figures · Extremism cases
Sentence
a fine of 1 million 200 thousand roubles, discharged from the execution of punishment
No information about an appeal ruling.
Charges
- Article 171 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code — Act of carrying out of business activities without mandatory registration by the government, or without licenses or accreditation, if such an act has caused damage to individuals or the state.
- Article 282 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code — Incitement of hatred or enmity
- Article 282.1 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code — The creation and management of a extremist group
Full wording of the charges
was involved in illegal entrepreneurship - selling books and providing various paid services, in organizing the activities of an extremist community and in humiliating parishioners
Latest event
March 19, 2026 — removed from the rosfinmonitoring list
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion — Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners, January 21, 2018
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial Human Rights Centre, January 18, 2018
Timeline
· Removed from the Rosfinmonitoring list
· Persecution ends
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict, released from serving the sentence
· Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion
Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial Human Rights Centre
· Preventive measure: house arrest
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Persecution begins
The case of the Church of Scientology of St. Petersburg
Criminal case
The case of the Church of Scientology of St. Petersburg
Other defendants in the case
- Sahib Aliyev — At large
- Konstancia Esaulkova — At large
- Ivan Matsitsky — At large, 6 years 6 months
- Galina Shurinova — At large
Details and sources
Full summary
Arrested on 7 June 2017 on charges of illegal entrepreneurship, as well as management of an extremist community and humiliation of human dignity. On 19 October she was transferred to house arrest. In November 2019, it became known that Terentyeva was released, and a measure of restriction in the form of a prohibition of certain actions was imposed. On 24 August 2023, she was sentenced to a fine of 1 million 200 thousand rubles, and discharged from punishment.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 171 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.